[Python-Dev] [RFC] PEP 418: Add monotonic time, performance counter and process time functions

[Victor Stinner]

>>> 2) get_clock_info returns a dict. Why not a namedtuple?
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>> Future flexibility. And there's no need for it to be a *tuple*.
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> I haven't been paying attention to this discussion, so this isn't a
> comment on any time functions specifically.
>
> But we generally use a namedtuple (or structseq) for things like
> get_clock_info. For example, for sys.float_info there's no need for it
> to be a tuple, and it can be extended in the future, yet it's a structseq.

Ok ok, I changed the is_adjusted flag to make it mandatory and I
changed get_clock_info() to return a clock_info object. clock_info is
a structseq.

I didn't mention that clock_info can be read using an index because I
really don't like the tuple-like API.

Victor