Message 151868 - Python tracker

Message151868

Author	vstinner
Recipients	belopolsky, vstinner
Date	2012-01-24.00:22:28
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After time.wallclock() (issue #10278), let add a time.monotomic() function. It is similar to time.wallclock() (try to get the most accurate clock) but is not available if the system doesn't provide a monotonic clock. It may also fail at runtime if Python cannot find a monotonic clock, whereas time.clock() and time.wallclock() fallback on a wallclock which may go backward on NTP adjust. The documentation of the patch should be improved :-) wallclock() tests may be simplified or dropped because they may fail on NTP adjust.

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After time.wallclock() (issue #10278), let add a time.monotomic() function. It is similar to time.wallclock() (try to get the most accurate clock) but is not available if the system doesn't provide a monotonic clock. It may also fail at runtime if Python cannot find a monotonic clock, whereas time.clock() and time.wallclock() fallback on a wallclock which may go backward on NTP adjust.

The documentation of the patch should be improved :-)

wallclock() tests may be simplified or dropped because they may fail on NTP adjust.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2012-01-24 00:22:30	vstinner	set	recipients: + vstinner, belopolsky
2012-01-24 00:22:29	vstinner	set	messageid: <1327364549.64.0.960699645726.issue13846@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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