[Python-Dev] PEP 564: Add new time functions with nanosecond resolution
francismb
francismb at email.de
Sat Oct 21 14:23:55 EDT 2017
If it sounds as there is no need or is unnecessary to you then
it its ok :-), thank you for the feedback ! I'm just curious on:
On 10/21/2017 05:45 PM, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> That sounds like unnecessary generality,
Meaning that the selection of precision on running time 'costs'?
I understand that one can just multiply/divide the nanoseconds returned,
(or it could be a factory) but wouldn't it help for future enhancements
to reduce the number of functions (the 'pico' question)?
> and also suggests that the API
> might support precisions way beyond what is realistic.
Doesn't that depends on the offered/supported enums (in that case down
to 'ns' as Victor proposed) ?
Thanks,
--francis
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