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[Python-ideas] time.wallclock() or other similar stuff

spir denis.spir at gmail.com
Tue Nov 2 11:18:15 CET 2010 
On Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:38:14 +1100
Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info> wrote:

> Alexander Belopolsky wrote:

> Well, yes, it does, but:
> 
> (1) How many people would think to look in timeit for this function? 
> Both you and Kristján were apparently surprised that it already exists, 
> and I'd bet money that you weren't the only ones. timeit seems to be 
> more of an application than a library (although I acknowledge the border 
> between the two is fuzzy), and people don't think about using it as a 
> library.
> 
> (2) The time module is the natural place to look for time-related 
> functions. It would be nicer if timeit could import the default timer 
> from time:
> 
> from time import timer as default_timer  # or wall_clock if you prefer
> 
> (3) The default_timer is an implementation detail of timeit. It could 
> change, or disappear, or be renamed. You'll note it isn't documented:
> 
> http://docs.python.org/library/timeit.html
> 
> (4) I started off thinking that we should just document timer 
> (wall_clock) as an alias to one of time() or clock(), but I changed my 
> mind. That's an implementation detail that we should be free to change 
> in the future. For the sake of information hiding, we shouldn't promise 
> that the timer will be one of time.clock() or time.time(). Who knows, 
> maybe there are (or will be someday) supported platforms where neither 
> choice is appropriate, and the timer needs to be something else?

Very good summary of the present issue. I think the proposed solution is just what we need.

Denis
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