> - By default, it should fall back to time.time if a better source is > not available, but there should be a flag that can disable this > fallback for users who really *need* a monotonic/steady time source. As pointed out on a different thread, you don"t need this "flag" since the code can easily enforce the monotonic property by maintaining a static value. This is how we worked around buggy implementations of QueryPerformanceCounter on windows (). K
-----Original Message----- From: python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames....@python.org [mailto:python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames....@python.org] On Behalf Of Nadeem Vawda Sent: 14. mars 2012 09:47 To: Guido van Rossum Cc: Antoine Pitrou; python-dev@python.org Subject: Re: [Python-Dev] Drop the new time.wallclock() function? A summary of the discussion so far, as I've understood it: - We should have *one* monotonic/steady timer function, using the sources described in Victor's original post. - By default, it should fall back to time.time if a better source is not available, but there should be a flag that can disable this fallback for users who really *need* a monotonic/steady time source. - Proposed names for the function: * monotonic * steady_clock * wallclock * realtime - Proposed names for the flag controlling fallback behavior: * strict (=False) * fallback (=True) * monotonic (=False) For the function name, I think monotonic() and steady_clock() convey the purpose of the function much better than the other two; the term "wallclock" is actively misleading, and "realtime" seems ambiguous. For the flag name, I'm -1 on "monotonic" -- it sounds like a flag to decide whether to use a monotonic time source always or never, while it actually decides between "always" and "sometimes". I think "strict" is nicer than "fallback", but I'm fine with either one. Cheers, Nadeem _______________________________________________ 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/kristjan%40ccpgames.com _______________________________________________ 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
