On Thu, 5 Apr 2012 09:56:19 -0700 Guido van Rossum <gu...@python.org> wrote: > > > For timeout purposes in a single process, such a clock is useful. It just > > isn't suitable for benchmarks, or for interprocess coordination. > > I think it would be better if the proposed algorithm (or whatever > algorithm to "fix" timeouts) was implemented by the > application/library code using the timeout (or provided as a separate > library function), rather than by the clock, since the clock can't > know what fallback behavior the app/lib needs.
Agreed with providing it as a separate library function. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
