>> - time.monotonic(): monotonic clock, its speed may or may not be >> adjusted by NTP but it only goes forward, may raise an OSError >> - time.steady(): monotonic clock or the realtime clock, depending on >> what is available on the platform (use monotonic in priority). may be >> adjusted by NTP or the system administrator, may go backward. >> > > I am surprised that a clock with the name time.steady() has a looser > definition than one called time.monotonic(). To my mind a steady clock is by > definition monotonic but a monotonic one may or may not be steady.
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