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

Cameron Simpson cs at zip.com.au
Fri May 4 02:12:37 CEST 2012

On 04May2012 01:47, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote: | I prefer "adjustable", because no OS tell us if the clock has an | ajustement or not... except Windows: see GetSystemTimeAdjustment(). | http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms724394%28v=vs.85%29.aspx || I propose to rename isadjusted (which is now called adjusted) to | adjustable,

I'm -1 on that. To my mind "adjustable" suggests that the caller can adjust the clock, while "adjusted" suggests that the clock may be adjusted by a mechanism outside the caller's hands. That latter is the meaning in the context of the PEP.

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