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

[Lennart Regebro]

On Thu, Apr 5, 2012 at 12:32, Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> wrote:
> I prefer to use CLOCK_MONOTONIC, not because it is also available for
> older Linux kernels, but because it is more reliable. Even if the
> underlying clock source is unstable (unstable frequency), a delta of
> two reads of the CLOCK_MONOTONIC clock is a result in *seconds*,
> whereas CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW may use an unit a little bit bigger or
> smaller than a second.

Aha. OK, CLOCK_MONOTONIC it is then.

//Lennart