[Python-Dev] Rename time.steady(strict=True) to time.monotonic()?

Steven D'Aprano steve at pearwood.info
Sat Mar 24 03:26:15 CET 2012


Victor Stinner wrote:
>>> - time.clock(): monotonic clock on Windows, CPU time on UNIX
>>
>> Actually, I think that is not correct. Or at least *was* not correct in
>> 2006.
>>
>> http://bytes.com/topic/python/answers/527849-time-clock-going-backwards
> 
> Oh, I was not aware of this issue. Do you suggest to not use
> QueryPerformanceCounter() on Windows to implement a monotonic clock?

I do not have an opinion on the best way to implement monotonic to guarantee 
that it actually is monotonic.


-- 
Steven



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