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Re: time.monotonic() roll over

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Date	Thu, 4 Dec 2014 09:05:48 -0700
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On Dec 4, 2014 8:56 AM, "Marko Rauhamaa" <marko@pacujo.net> wrote:
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> "ast" <nomail@invalid.com>:
>
> > Does any body know when time.monotonic() rolls over ?
>
> Never, according to the documentation you linked.
>
> Admittedly, the documentation confuses the reader by chatting about some
> irrelevant internal Windows details.

Not entirely irrelevant. The implication is that if you go more than 49
days without calling the function on old Windows systems, rollovers could
be missed, which is good to know about. The result would still be
monotonic, but it wouldn't accurately reflect the time elapsed.

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time.monotonic() roll over "ast" <nomail@invalid.com> - 2014-12-04 16:25 +0100
  Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-04 17:50 +0200
    Re: time.monotonic() roll over Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-04 09:05 -0700
      Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-04 18:21 +0200
        Re: time.monotonic() roll over Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 03:27 +1100
          Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-04 20:09 +0200
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 05:29 +1100
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-04 20:44 +0200
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 07:02 +1100
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-04 12:29 -0700
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-12-04 23:24 +0300
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 07:33 +1100
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-04 22:51 +0200
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-04 15:17 -0700
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-05 00:44 +0200
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 10:04 -0700
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-05 20:48 +0200
            Re: time.monotonic() roll over Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-05 11:39 +1100
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-04 20:21 -0500
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-05 13:54 +1100
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Dave Angel <davea@davea.name> - 2014-12-05 00:29 -0500
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Lele Gaifax <lele@metapensiero.it> - 2014-12-05 08:56 +0100
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2014-12-05 21:09 +1100
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-12-05 12:12 -0500
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Marko Rauhamaa <marko@pacujo.net> - 2014-12-05 08:17 +0200
                Re: time.monotonic() roll over Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2014-12-05 12:31 -0500
              Re: time.monotonic() roll over Akira Li <4kir4.1i@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 12:48 +0300
    Re: time.monotonic() roll over Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-12-05 03:12 +1100
    Re: time.monotonic() roll over random832@fastmail.us - 2014-12-04 11:51 -0500
  Re: time.monotonic() roll over Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2014-12-05 00:54 +0000

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