In http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-April/119134.html Benjamin Peterson wrote:
I see PEP 418 gives time.clock_info() two boolean fields named "is_monotonic" and "is_adjusted". I think the "is_" is unnecessary and a bit ugly, and they could just be renamed "monotonic" and "adjusted".
I agree with monotonic, but I think it should be "adjustable".
To me, "adjusted" and "is_adjusted" both imply that an adjustment
has already been made; "adjustable" only implies that it is possible.
I do remember concerns (including Stephen J. Turnbull's