[Python-Dev] PEP 418: Add monotonic time, performance counter and process time functions

[Victor Stinner]

> I think what the user cares about is "what is the smallest tick that
> this clock result will faithfully represent?".  If the number of bits
> returned is larger than the clock accuracy, you want the clock accuracy.
> If the number of bits returned is smaller than the clock accuracy,
> you want the number of bits.
>
> (Yes, I'm using accuracy in a slightly different sense here...I think
> we don't have the right words for this.)
>
> To use other words, what the users cares about are the error bars on
> the returned result.

Ok ok, resolution / accuracy / precision are confusing (or at least
not well known concepts). So it's better to keep the name:
time.perf_counter() :-)

Victor