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Tue Apr 3 18:07:05 CEST 2012 · https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2012-April/118435.html

Lennart Regebro wrote:
> On Tue, Apr 3, 2012 at 08:03, Cameron Simpson <cs at zip.com.au> wrote:
>>  clock = get_clock(MONOTONIC|HIRES) or get_clock(MONOTONIC)
>>
>> If the symbol names are not the horribleness, can you qualify what API
>> you would like more?
> 
> Well, get_clock(monotonic=True, highres=True) would be a vast
> improvement over get_clock(MONOTONIC|HIRES).

Allowing get_clock(True, True)?  Ick.  My nomination would be
get_clock(MONOTONIC, HIGHRES) -- easier on the eyes with no |.

> I also think it should
> raise an error if not found. The clarity and easy of use of the API is
> much more important than how much you can do in one line.

What's unclear about returning None if no clocks match?

Cheers,
~Ethan~

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