change period to periodicity

Author: thiennamdinh

CHANGELOG

@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ The purpose of this changelog is to document new features and breaking changes t
 - Add JSON <-> Scheme interface
 - Separate crypto primitives into separate namespace
 - Add unix time primitive
+- Use explicit period instead of periodicity
 
 --- v1.0.4 (2025.09.14) ---
 

src/config.rs

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ pub struct Config {
     #[arg(
         short = 'c',
         long,
-        default_value_t = 0,
-        help = "Power of two determining the period of the step query"
+        default_value_t = 0.0,
+        help = "Number of seconds between each step inquiry"
     )]
-    pub periodicity: i32,
+    pub period: f64,
 }
 
 impl Config {

src/main.rs

@@ -117,21 +117,19 @@ async fn main() {
     rocket_config.address = IpAddr::V6(Ipv6Addr::new(0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0));
     rocket_config.limits = Limits::new().limit("string", 1_i32.mebibytes());
 
-    let period = 2_f64.powi(config.periodicity);
-
     if config.step != "" {
         tokio::spawn(async move {
             let mut step = 0;
             let start = ((SystemTime::now()
                 .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
                 .expect("Failed to get system time")
                 .as_micros() as f64
-                / (period * MICRO))
+                / (config.period * MICRO))
                 .ceil()
-                * (period * MICRO)) as u128;
+                * (config.period * MICRO)) as u128;
 
             loop {
-                let until = start + step * (period * MICRO) as u128;
+                let until = start + step * (config.period * MICRO) as u128;
                 let now = SystemTime::now()
                     .duration_since(UNIX_EPOCH)
                     .expect("Failed to get system time")