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+package t::TimeAbout;
+
+use Test::More;
+use Time::HiRes qw( time );
+
+use constant AUT => $ENV{TEST_QUICK_TIMERS} ? 0.1 : 1;
+
+use Exporter 'import';
+our @EXPORT = qw( time_about );
+
+# Kindof like Test::Timer only we use Time::HiRes
+# We'll be quite lenient on the time taken, in case of heavy test machine load
+sub time_about
+{
+   my ( $code, $target, $name ) = @_;
+
+   my $lower = $target*0.75;
+   my $upper = $target*1.5 + 1;
+
+   my $now = time;
+   $code->();
+   my $took = (time - $now) / AUT;
+
+   cmp_ok( $took, '>', $lower, "$name took at least $lower" );
+   cmp_ok( $took, '<', $upper * 3, "$name took no more than $upper" );
+   if( $took > $upper and $took <= $upper * 3 ) {
+      diag( "$name took longer than $upper - this may just be an indication of a busy testing machine rather than a bug" );
+   }
+}
+
+0x55AA;