Re: [Python-Dev] A couple of PEP 418 comments

2012-04-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 18:29:10 +0200 Victor Stinner wrote: > > The descriptions should really stress the scope of the result's > > validity. My guess (or wish :-)) would be: > > > > - time.monotonic(): system-wide results, comparable from one process to > >  another > > - time.perf_counter(): proces

Re: [Python-Dev] A couple of PEP 418 comments

2012-04-13 Thread Brian Curtin
On Fri, Apr 13, 2012 at 11:29, Victor Stinner > I will move the precision of monotonic clock of Windows 9x info into this > table. I would just remove it entirely. It's not relevant since it's not supported. ___ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python

Re: [Python-Dev] A couple of PEP 418 comments

2012-04-13 Thread Victor Stinner
> The descriptions should really stress the scope of the result's > validity. My guess (or wish :-)) would be: > > - time.monotonic(): system-wide results, comparable from one process to >  another > - time.perf_counter(): process-wide results, comparable from one thread >  to another (?) > - time.

[Python-Dev] A couple of PEP 418 comments

2012-04-13 Thread Antoine Pitrou
Hello, I'm just starting a new thread since the old ones are so crowded. First, overall I think the PEP is starting to look really good and insightful! (congratulations to Victor) I have a couple of comments, mostly small ones: > "function" (str): name of the underlying operating system functio