[Python-ideas] Timer that starts as soon as it is imported

[Chris Angelico]

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 4:05 AM, anatoly techtonik <techtonik at gmail.com> wrote:
>> -- if it could be reset and restarted at need -- why not start it
>>    manually in the first place?
>
> Current ways of measuring script run-time are not cross-platform or
> not memorizable. I have to reinvent timer code a couple of times, and
> that's not convenient for the code that is only relevant while debugging.

Sounds to me like something that doesn't belong in the stdlib, but
makes a great utility module for private use.

ChrisA