[Python-Dev] time.clock_info() field names (original) (raw)

Benjamin Peterson benjamin at python.org
Mon Apr 30 03:31:34 CEST 2012

2012/4/29 Jim J. Jewett <jimjjewett at gmail.com>:

In http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-April/119134.html Benjamin Peterson wrote: I see PEP 418 gives time.clockinfo() two boolean fields named "ismonotonic" and "isadjusted". I think the "is" is unnecessary and a bit ugly, and they could just be renamed "monotonic" and "adjusted". I agree with monotonic, but I think it should be "adjustable".

I don't really care, but I think "adjusted" is fine. As in "this clock is adjusted (occasionally)".

-- Regards, Benjamin

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