def log_start_time(key: str, priority: int = 40, round: Optional[int] = None):
    """Log the duration of some event in seconds.

    The duration will be computed once :func:`log_stop_time` is called.

    Args:
        key (str): name of the field to log
        priority (int): smaller values are logged earlier in the output
        round (Optional[int]): number of digits to round to when displaying
    """
    for agg in get_active_aggregators():
        if key not in agg:
            agg.add_meter(key, StopwatchMeter(round=round), priority)
        agg[key].start()
Log the duration of some event in seconds.

    The duration will be computed once :func:`log_stop_time` is called.

    Args:
        key (str): name of the field to log
        priority (int): smaller values are logged earlier in the output
        round (Optional[int]): number of digits to round to when displaying
    
understand_icl/fairseq/fairseq/logging/metrics.py