diff --git a/pep-0418.txt b/pep-0418.txt index eabd6c9df..2648264ef 100644 --- a/pep-0418.txt +++ b/pep-0418.txt @@ -201,6 +201,13 @@ CLOCK_MONOTONIC, CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW CLOCK_MONOTONIC and CLOCK_MONOTONIC_RAW represents monotonic time since some unspecified starting point. They cannot be set. +Documentation: refer to the manual page of your operating system. Examples: + + * `FreeBSD clock_gettime() manual page + `_ + * `Linux clock_gettime() manual page + `_ + CLOCK_MONOTONIC is available at least on the following operating systems: * DragonFly BSD, FreeBSD >= 5.0, OpenBSD, NetBSD @@ -237,11 +244,20 @@ Windows: QueryPerformanceCounter ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ High-resolution performance counter. It is monotonic. -QueryPerformanceFrequency() gives its frequency. Hardward clocks used -by QueryPerformanceCounter: +QueryPerformanceFrequency() gives its frequency. + +Documentation: + + * `MSDN: QueryPerformanceCounter() documentation + `_ + * `MSDN: QueryPerformanceFrequency() documentation + `_ + +Hardware clocks used by QueryPerformanceCounter: * Windows XP: RDTSC instruction of Intel processors, the clock frequency is - the frequency of the processor + the frequency of the processor (between 200 MHz and 3 GHz, usually greater + than 1 GHz nowadays) * Windows 2000: ACPI power management timer, frequency = 3,549,545 Hz * Windows 95/98: 8245 PIT chipset, frequency = 1,193,181 Hz