Bugs item #1508864, was opened at 2006-06-19 14:53 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1508864&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Python Library Group: Platform-specific Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Russell Warren (qopit) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: threading.Timer breaks when you change system time on win32 Initial Comment: THE ISSUE... --- threading.py imports time.time as _time. On win32 systems, time.time() periodically reads the system time to figure out when to fire an Event. System time can change while waiting for an Event! eg: If the system time is changed while a threading.Timer is pending, the execution time is affected by the time change. eg: set a pending Timer and then change the clock back an hour - this causes your Timer to fire an hour later. This is clearly not desirable. A FIX... --- A fix for this is to use time.clock() on win32 systems instead. Once I found the problem, I currently just fix it by overriding threading._time to be time.clock. Right now I do this in every file that uses threading.Timer. COMMENTS... --- The penalty for this is that there will be a rollover problem eventaully... when the 64-bit performance counter rolls over in 30+ years of continuous pc operation. I'd much rather have this near impossible event than the very likely system time change. This is a general problem I find with the time module and I often have to switch between time() and clock() dependent on operating system, but I only work with win32 and Linux. The issue is that if you want a high resolution and extended rollover counter, it is a different call on each system. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=105470&aid=1508864&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
