[issue19715] test_touch_common failure under Windows

[Tim Peters]

Tim Peters added the comment:

FYI, the test fails on my box (32-bit Windows Vista) about 1 time in 3.  Here's the latest failure:

AssertionError: 1385160333.612968 not greater than or equal to 1385160333.6129684

And here's another:

AssertionError: 1385160530.348423 not greater than or equal to 1385160530.3484235

I can't dig into it more now.  Possibilities:

1. The clock isn't always monotonic.
2. MS uses an insane (non-monotonic) rounding algorithm (to move to a 100ns boundary).
3. Python uses an insane (non-monotonic) scheme to convert the time to a float.

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nosy: +tim.peters

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