>>> In that case, I don't think time.try_monotonic() is really needed
>>> because we can emulate "time.monotonic()" in software if the platform is
>>> deficient.
>>
>> As I wrote, I don't think that Python should workaround OS bugs. If
>> the OS monotonic clock is not monotonic, the OS should be fixed.
>
> I sympathize with this, but if the idea is that the Python stdlib should
> use time.monotonic() for scheduling, then it needs to always be
> available. Otherwise, we are not going to use it ourselves, and what
> sort of example is that to set?

There is time.hires() if you need a monotonic clock with a fallback to
the system clock.

Victor
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