On 17 Mar 2012, at 08:49, Georg Brandl wrote: > On 03/15/2012 01:17 AM, victor.stinner wrote: >> http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/27441e0d6a75 >> changeset: 75672:27441e0d6a75 >> user: Victor Stinner <victor.stin...@gmail.com> >> date: Thu Mar 15 01:17:09 2012 +0100 >> summary: >> Issue #10278: Add an optional strict argument to time.steady(), False by >> default >> >> files: >> Doc/library/time.rst | 7 +++- >> Lib/test/test_time.py | 10 +++++ >> Modules/timemodule.c | 58 +++++++++++++++++++++--------- >> 3 files changed, 57 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-) >> >> >> diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst >> --- a/Doc/library/time.rst >> +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst >> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ >> The earliest date for which it can generate a time is platform-dependent. >> >> >> -.. function:: steady() >> +.. function:: steady(strict=False) >> >> .. index:: >> single: benchmarking >> @@ -236,6 +236,11 @@ >> adjusted. The reference point of the returned value is undefined so only >> the >> difference of consecutive calls is valid. >> >> + If available, a monotonic clock is used. By default, if *strict* is >> False, >> + the function falls back to another clock if the monotonic clock failed >> or is >> + not available. If *strict* is True, raise an :exc:`OSError` on error or >> + :exc:`NotImplementedError` if no monotonic clock is available. > > This is not clear to me. Why wouldn't it raise OSError on error even with > strict=False? Please clarify which exception is raised in which case.
It seems clear to me. It doesn't raise exceptions when strict=False because it falls back to a non-monotonic clock. If strict is True and a non-monotonic clock is not available it raises OSError or NotImplementedError. Michael > > Georg > > _______________________________________________ > 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/fuzzyman%40voidspace.org.uk > -- http://www.voidspace.org.uk/ May you do good and not evil May you find forgiveness for yourself and forgive others May you share freely, never taking more than you give. -- the sqlite blessing http://www.sqlite.org/different.html _______________________________________________ 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
