March 24, 2012
3:37 a.m.
- 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.
Do you suggest another name? Victor