[Python-Dev] PEP 418: Add monotonic clock (original) (raw)

Georg Brandl g.brandl at gmx.net
Wed Mar 28 08:41:13 CEST 2012


On 28.03.2012 06:45, Nick Coghlan wrote:

On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 10:36 AM, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:

If QueryPerformanceCounter() is monotonic, the API can be simplified to:

* time.time() = system clock * time.monotonic() = monotonic clock * time.hires() = monotonic clock or fallback to system clock time.hires() definition is exactly what I was trying to implement with "time.steady(strict=True)" / "time.trymonotonic()". Please don't call the fallback version "hires" as it suggests it may be higher resolution than time.time() and that's completely the wrong idea.

It's also a completely ugly name, since it's quite hard to figure out what it is supposed to stand for in the first place.

Georg



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