[Python-Dev] PEP 418 is too divisive and confusing and should be postponed

[Victor Stinner]

2012/4/5 PJ Eby <pje at telecommunity.com>:
>> More details why it's hard to define such function and why I dropped
>> it from the PEP.
>>
>> If someone wants to propose again such function ("monotonic or
>> fallback to system" clock), two issues should be solved:
>>
>>  - name of the function
>>  - description of the function
>
> Maybe I missed it, but did anyone ever give a reason why the fallback
> couldn't be to Steven D'Aprano's monotonic wrapper algorithm over the system
> clock?  (Given a suitable minimum delta.)  That function appeared to me to
> provide a sufficiently monotonic clock for timeout purposes, if nothing
> else.


Did you read the following section of the PEP?
http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0418/#working-around-operating-system-bugs

Did I miss something? If yes, could you write a patch for the PEP please?

Victor