[New-bugs-announce] [issue6061] time.clock(): overflow in programs that run for very long

[Thomas Reiter]

New submission from Thomas Reiter <thomasr at nikhef.nl>:

On a 64-bit Linux machine the attached program generates the following
(shortened) output:

$ python bug.py
...
after 2145.49s: 
after 2145.82s: 
after 2146.14s: 
after 2146.47s: 
after 2146.80s: 
after 2147.13s: 
after 2147.45s: 
after -2147.19s: 
Here's your bug

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$ uname -a
Linux XXXX 2.6.18-92.1.22.el5 #1 SMP Tue Dec 16 06:45:03 EST 2008 x86_64
x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

$ python -V
Python 2.6

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components: Library (Lib)
files: bug.py
messages: 88069
nosy: tom65536
severity: normal
status: open
title: time.clock(): overflow in programs that run for very long
type: behavior
versions: Python 2.6
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file14015/bug.py

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