[issue12822] NewGIL should use CLOCK_MONOTONIC if possible.

[Marc-Andre Lemburg]

Marc-Andre Lemburg <mal at egenix.com> added the comment:

Antoine Pitrou wrote:
> 
> The patch is ok on the principle, but we do need a check that CLOCK_MONOTONIC is supported at build time.

I think we need both: a check at build time to avoid
compiler errors and a check at runtime whether the deployment
platform supports the clock, plus a fallback solution in case
it is not available.

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nosy: +lemburg

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