[Python-Dev] PEP 564: Add new time functions with nanosecond resolution (original) (raw)

francismb francismb at email.de
Sat Oct 21 14:23:55 EDT 2017

If it sounds as there is no need or is unnecessary to you then it its ok :-), thank you for the feedback ! I'm just curious on:

On 10/21/2017 05:45 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:

That sounds like unnecessary generality, Meaning that the selection of precision on running time 'costs'?

I understand that one can just multiply/divide the nanoseconds returned, (or it could be a factory) but wouldn't it help for future enhancements to reduce the number of functions (the 'pico' question)?

and also suggests that the API might support precisions way beyond what is realistic. Doesn't that depends on the offered/supported enums (in that case down to 'ns' as Victor proposed) ?

Thanks, --francis

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