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    ///Stop the time counters

    ///This function stops the time counters. If start() was executed more than

    ///once, then the same number of stop() execution is necessary the really

    ///stop the timer.

    /// 

    ///\sa halt()

    ///\sa start()

    ///\sa restart()

    ///\sa reset()

    void stop() 

    {

      if(_running && !--_running) {

	TimeStamp t;

	t.stamp();

	start_time=t-start_time;

      }

    }

    ///Halt (i.e stop immediately) the time counters

    ///is a faster

    ///equivalent of the following.

    ///\code

    ///  while(t.running()) t.stop()

    ///\endcode

    ///

    ///

    ///\sa stop()

    ///\sa restart()

    ///\sa reset()

    void halt() 

    {

      if(_running) {

	_running=0;

	TimeStamp t;

	t.stamp();

	start_time=t-start_time;

      }

    }

    ///Returns the running state of the timer

    ///This function returns the number of stop() exections that is