[Python-Dev] an alternative to embedding policy in PEP 418

[Lennart Regebro]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 01:10, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> 2012/4/4 Lennart Regebro <regebro at gmail.com>:
>> On Wed, Apr 4, 2012 at 13:04, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> It depends if the option supports other values. But as I understood,
>>> the keyword value must always be True.
>>
>> Or False, obviously. Which would also be default.
>
> Ok for the default, but what happens if the caller sets an option to
> False? Does get_clock(monotonic=False) return a non-monotonic clock?
> (I guess no, but it may be confusing.)

Good point, but the same does for using flags. If you don't pass in
the MONOTONIC flag, what happens? Only reading the documentation will
tell you. As such this, if anything, is an indication that the
get_clock() API isn't ideal in any incarnation.

//Lennart