Currently we truncate gctrace clock and CPU times to millisecond
precision. As a result, many phases are typically printed as 0, which
is fine for user consumption, but makes gathering statistics and
reports over GC traces difficult.
In 1.4, the gctrace line printed times in microseconds. This was
better for statistics, but not as easy for users to read or interpret,
and it generally made the trace lines longer.
This change strikes a balance between these extremes by printing
milliseconds, but including the decimal part to two significant
figures down to microsecond precision. This remains easy to read and
interpret, but includes more precision when it's useful.
For example, where the code currently prints,
gc #29 @1.629s 0%: 0+2+0+12+0 ms clock, 0+2+0+0/12/0+0 ms cpu, 4->4->2 MB, 4 MB goal, 1 P
this prints,
gc #29 @1.629s 0%: 0.005+2.1+0+12+0.29 ms clock, 0.005+2.1+0+0/12/0+0.29 ms cpu, 4->4->2 MB, 4 MB goal, 1 P