Python’s time.clock() vs. time.time() accuracy?

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As of 3.3, time.clock() is deprecated, and it’s suggested to use time.process_time() or time.perf_counter() instead.

Previously in 2.7, according to the time module docs:

time.clock()

On Unix, return the current processor time as a floating point number
expressed in seconds. The precision, and in fact the very definition
of the meaning of “processor time”, depends on that of the C function
of the same name, but in any case, this is the function to use for
benchmarking Python or timing algorithms.

On Windows, this function returns wall-clock seconds elapsed since the
first call to this function, as a floating point number, based on the
Win32 function QueryPerformanceCounter(). The resolution is typically
better than one microsecond.

Additionally, there is the timeit module for benchmarking code snippets.

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