[Python-checkins] r46146 - sandbox/trunk/rjsh-pybench/pybench.py

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Tim Peters wrote:
> [M.-A. Lemburg]
>> It may actually be better to use the win32process API
>> GetProcessTimes() directly:
>>
>> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/docs/ActivePython/2.4/pywin32/win32process__GetProcessTimes_meth.html
>>
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dllproc/base/getprocesstimes.asp
>>
>>
>> provided the win32 package is installed.
>>
>> This would be more in line with what time.clock() returns
>> on Unix platforms, namely the process time... I wonder why
>> time.clock() doesn't use this API on Windows.
> 
> GetProcessTimes() is a relatively new addition to the Win32 API.
> Doesn't exist in any version of 9X/ME.  Does exist in XP.  May or may
> not exist in Win2K (docs say it exists in Win2K Pro and Win2K Server;
> they don't claim it exists in plain Win2K).

Hmm, perhaps we should then add it as new function (and also make
the change that Thomas proposed to the time.time() function on
Windows) ?!

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