Paul Ganssle <p.gans...@gmail.com> added the comment:
> In short, a+b can overflow, but a-b cannot? I think it's more that by always checking the elapsed time against `now() - starttime`, you never need to represent the time at which the timeout should happen - which may be so far in the future that it causes a signed overflow. ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue33632> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
