PEP 418: Add time.get_clock_info()

pep-0418.txt

@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ Python-Version: 3.3
 Abstract
 ========
 
-Add time.monotonic(fallback=True) and time.highres() functions to
-Python 3.3.
+Add time.monotonic(fallback=True), time.highres(), time.get_clock_info(name)
+functions to Python 3.3.
 
 
 Rationale
@@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ To fulfill the use cases, the functions' properties are:
   clock is available, falls back to system clock by default, or raises
   an OSError if *fallback* is False.  time.monotonic(fallback=True)
   cannot go backward.
+* time.get_clock_info(name): get information on the specified time function
 
 
 time.time()
@@ -208,6 +209,24 @@ Pseudo-code::
     highres.use_performance_counter = (os.name == 'nt')
     highres.use_monotonic = hasattr(time, 'monotonic')
 
+time.get_clock_info(name)
+-------------------------
+
+Get information on the specified time function as a dictionary. Only the following
+names are accepted:
+
+ * "clock": time.clock()
+ * "highres": time.highres()
+ * "monotonic": time.monotonic()
+ * "time": time.time()
+
+The following keys are always present:
+
+ * "function" (str): name of the underlying operating system function (ex:
+   "QueryPerformanceCounter()" or "clock_gettime(CLOCK_REALTIME)")
+ * "resolution" (float): resolution in seconds of the function
+ * "monotonic" (bool): True if the clock is monotonic
+
 
 Hardware clocks
 ===============