[Python-Dev] Rename time.steady(strict=True) to time.monotonic()?

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 23 Mar 2012 22:38:19 -0500
Brian Curtin <brian at python.org> wrote:
> On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 18:38, Yury Selivanov <yselivanov.ml at gmail.com> wrote:
> > On 2012-03-23, at 7:28 PM, Brian Curtin wrote:
> >> This seems like it should have been a PEP, or maybe should become a PEP.
> >
> > Why?  AFAIK Victor just proposes to add two new functions: monotonic() and
> > steady().
> 
> We just previously had "Drop time.monotonic() function, rename
> time.wallclock() to time.steady()" checked in a few weeks ago, and now
> we're renaming a variation on time.steady to time.monotonic? What's
> the next move?
> 
> I'm not paying close attention here but there's a lot of movement
> going on. Figuring out the API before we get too deep is probably a
> good idea.

Agreed with Brian. Obviously the API needs further discussion, judging
by Victor's own multiple changes of mind on the subject.

Regards

Antoine.