Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Jim Jewett wrote:
I'm still a little fuzzy on *why* it shouldn't count as a monotonic
clock.
So are the people who say it shouldn't count (unless you're speaking
of the specific implementation on Unix systems, which can go backward
On Wed, Apr 25, 2012 at 1:19 AM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> I'm still a little fuzzy on *why* it shouldn't count as a monotonic
> clock.
So are the people who say it shouldn't count (unless you're speaking
of the specific implementation on Unix systems, which can go backward
if the admin or NTP decides
>> I don't know any monotonic with a defined epoch or
>> mappable to the civil time.
>
> The very basic "seconds (not even milliseconds) since the beginning of
> 1970" fits that definition, but doesn't seem to fit what most people
> mean by "Monotonic Clock".
>
> I'm still a little fuzzy on *why* i
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 6:38 AM, Victor Stinner
wrote:
>> Monotonic
>> -
>> This is a particularly tricky term, as there are several subtly
>> incompatible definitions in use.
> Is it a definition for the glossary?
One use case for a PEP is that someone who does *not* have a
background
> Precision
> -
>
> This is another tricky term,
This is a good reason why it is no more used in the PEP :-)
> Note that "precision" as reported by the clock itself may use yet
> another definition, and may differ between clocks.
Some C function provides the frequency of the clock (and s
> Monotonic
> -
>
> This is a particularly tricky term, as there are several subtly
> incompatible definitions in use.
Is it a definition for the glossary?
> C++ followed the mathematical
> definition, so that a monotonic clock only promises not to go
> backwards.
The "C++ Timeout Speci
Very nice! Two possible clarifications:
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 10:58 AM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Glossary
>
> Bias
>
>
> Lack of accuracy that is systematically in one direction, as opposed to
> random errors. When a clock is `Adjusted`_, durations overlapping the
> adjustment will s
I like the updated glossary - very good summary of the relevant
terminology and common points of confusion. One minor gripe below (and
it *is* minor, despite the amount of text explaining my point of
view...)
On Tue, Apr 24, 2012 at 11:58 AM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Real Time
> -
>
> Time in
