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[Python-ideas] Add time.time_ns(): system clock with nanosecond resolution

Guido van Rossum guido at python.org
Sun Oct 15 19:44:30 EDT 2017 
Sorry, that's an in-joke. Koos is expressing his disappointment in the
rejection of PEP 555 in a way that's only obvious if you're Dutch.

On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 3:16 PM, Steven D'Aprano <steve at pearwood.info>
wrote:

> On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 08:04:25PM +0300, Koos Zevenhoven wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 15, 2017 at 6:58 PM, Guido van Rossum <guido at python.org>
> wrote:
> >
> > > I'd like to have time.time_ns() -- this is most parallel to
> st_mtime_ns.
> > >
> > > ​
> > Welcome to the list Guido! You sound like a C programmer. For many
> people,
> > that was the best language they knew of when they learned to program. But
> > have you ever tried Python? You should give it a try!
>
> You seem to be making a joke, but I have *no idea* what the joke is.
>
> Are you making fun of Guido's choice of preferred name? "time_ns"
> instead of "time_nanoseconds" perhaps?
>
> Other than that, I cannot imagine what the joke is about. Sorry for
> being so slow.
>
>
> --
> Steve
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