By the way, I hesitate to add a new mandatory key to
time.get_clock_info() which indicates if the clock includes time
elapsed during a sleep. Is "is_realtime" a good name for such flag?
Examples:
time.get_clock_info('time')['is_realtime'] == True
time.get_clock_info('monotonic')['is_realtime'] ==
On Wed, 11 Apr 2012 02:49:41 -0400
Jim Jewett wrote:
>
> Accuracy:
> Is the answer correct? Any clock will eventually ; if a
> clock is intended to match , it will need to be
> back to the "true" time.
You may also point to
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Accuracy_and_precision
We are probab
On Thu, 12 Apr 2012 13:49:43 -,
=?utf-8?B?S3Jpc3Rqw6FuIFZhbHVyIErDs25zc29u?= wrote:
> Wallclock: This definition is wrong no metter how the BDFL feels about the
> word. Please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_clock_time.
I agree with the BDFL. I have always heard "wallclock" as refe
> -Original Message-
> From: python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames@python.org
> [mailto:python-dev-bounces+kristjan=ccpgames@python.org] On
> Behalf Of Victor Stinner
> Sent: 11. apríl 2012 23:10
> I integrated a simplified version of your Glossary into the PEP. Some changes:
> *
2012/4/11 Jim Jewett :
> I believe PEP 418 (or at least the discussion) would benefit greatly
> from a glossary to encourage people to use the same definitions. This
> is arguably the Definitions section, but it should move either near
> the end or (preferably) ahead of the Functions. It also nee
On Apr 11, 2012, at 2:49 AM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> I believe PEP 418 (or at least the discussion) would benefit greatly
> from a glossary to encourage people to use the same definitions.
This sort of information is a good candidate for the HOW-TO section
of the docs.
Raymond
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 7:30 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>> Clock_Monotonic:
>> The characteristics expected of a monotonic clock in practice.
>
> Whose practice? In C++, "monotonic" was defined as "mathematically
> monotonic", and rather than talk about "what's expected of a monotonic
> cl
A few comments, YMMV.
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 3:49 PM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Here is my strawman proposal, which does use slightly different
> definitions than the current PEP even for some terms that the PEP does
> define:
>
> Accuracy:
> Is the answer correct? Any clock will eventually ; if
On Wed, Apr 11, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Jim Jewett wrote:
> Clock:
> An instrument for measuring time. Different clocks have different
> characteristics; for example, a clock with
Small typo. Otherwise, excellent reference document - thank you! Well
worth gathering all those terms.
ChrisA
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