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Document clock types (#578)

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Resolves #552

Signed-off-by: Jacob Perron <jacob@openrobotics.org>
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@ -46,6 +46,16 @@ typedef rcutils_time_point_value_t rcl_time_point_value_t;
typedef rcutils_duration_value_t rcl_duration_value_t;
/// Time source type, used to indicate the source of a time measurement.
/**
* RCL_ROS_TIME will report the latest value reported by a ROS time source, or
* if a ROS time source is not active it reports the same as RCL_SYSTEM_TIME.
* For more information about ROS time sources, refer to the design document:
* http://design.ros2.org/articles/clock_and_time.html
*
* RCL_SYSTEM_TIME reports the same value as the system clock.
*
* RCL_STEADY_TIME reports a value from a monotonically increasing clock.
*/
typedef enum rcl_clock_type_t
{
RCL_CLOCK_UNINITIALIZED = 0,