Robert Collins <robertc <at> robertcollins.net> writes: > > Could you offset it by the system time on the first call?
Two problems: - the two measurements are not done simultaneously, so the result *still* does not guarantee you have the same time reference in all processes (but gives you the illusion you do, which is perhaps worse) - adding a precise measure to an imprecise measure doesn't make the result precise, but imprecise (or, rather, precise but inexact); in other words, if the system time only gives a 0.01 second resolution, adding a high-resolution timer only gives you an illusion of accuracy Therefore it seems a very bad solution. The only way, AFAICT, to do this right is for Windows to provide a high-resolution system time. It sounds astonishing that this doesn't exist. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
