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

Lennart Regebro regebro at gmail.com
Sat Mar 31 08:27:32 CEST 2012

On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 02:26, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

Guido van Rossum wrote:

If all else fails, I'd go with turnip. I can't tell if you are being serious or not. For the record, "turnip" in this sense is archaic slang for a thick pocket watch.

If I understand this correctly, the most common use for this function is when to time things. It will give you the best source available for timers, but it doesn't guarantee that it is steady or monotonic or high resolution or anything. It is also not the time, as it's not reliable as a wall-clock.

So, how about time.timer()?

//Lennart

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