[TIP] Result protocol / problems being solved

[Jesse Noller]

On Apr 13, 2009, at 11:40 PM, Scott David Daniels  
<Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org> wrote:

> laidler at stsci.edu wrote:
>> 5. I want to be able to do statistics on my test results.
>>
>> Implications: include start&stop times along with host/execution  
>> environment; allow a way to associate arbitrary quantities of  
>> interest with a test result.
>>
>>
> The reason I like start & duration rather than start and stop is that
> duration may be available with far more precision than something
> capable of providing date and time.  I'm not saying it will always
> be provided.
>
> --Scott David Daniels
> Scott.Daniels at Acm.Org
>
>

How is a time.time() call not precise for start and stop