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Title: time.clock () has very low resolution on Linux
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: None Versions: Python 2.7, Python 2.6
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Status: closed Resolution: duplicate
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Assigned To: Nosy List: ellioh, haypo
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2011-10-25 09:37 by ellioh, last changed 2011-10-25 09:39 by haypo. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
monotime_unix.py ellioh, 2011-10-25 09:37 A workaround using clock_gettime from librt
Messages (2)
msg146347 - (view) Author: Elijah Merkin (ellioh) Date: 2011-10-25 09:37 
time.clock () has very poor time resolution on Linux (tested on Ubuntu 11.04).

The result of call to clock () changes once per several seconds. On the other side, on Windows it provides very good resolution.

Here is a doctest that fails on Linux:
"""
 >>> from time import sleep
 >>> prev = clock ()
 >>> res = True
 >>> for i in xrange(10):
 ...     sleep(0.15)
 ...     next = clock ()
 ...     res = res and (next - prev) > 0.1
 ...     prev = next
 >>> print res
 True
"""

Currently on Linux I am using a workaround that is attached to the issue.
msg146348 - (view) Author: STINNER Victor (haypo) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-10-25 09:39 
This issue is a duplicate of the issue #10278.
History
Date User Action Args
2011-10-25 09:39:26hayposetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + haypo
messages: + msg146348

resolution: duplicate
2011-10-25 09:37:06elliohcreate