anchor.diff:     ?_assert(timing([stat1, stat2], 100) =:= {ok, "Success."}),
      ?_assert(timing([stat1, stat2], 100, 0.5) =:= {ok, "Success."})
          ].
  --endif.
  +gauge_test_() ->
  + [
  +  ?_assert(gauge(stat1, 100) =:= {ok, "Success."}),
  +  ?_assert(gauge([stat1, stat2], 100) =:= {ok, "Success."})
  +      ].
  +
  +-endif.
positive.code: %%
  %% Example erlang client implementation for the Etsy statsd
  %%
  %% Copyright (c) 2011 Daniel Schauenberg
  %%
  %% Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person
  %% obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation
  
negative.code:                                     is_float(Samplerate) ->
    send({timer, Stat, Time, Samplerate}).
  
  % functions for guages
  gauge(Stat, Reading) ->
    send({gauge, Stat, Reading}).
  
  %
  % update functions
  %
  