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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>2019-04-23 22:15:12 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2019-04-23 22:15:12 (GMT)
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bpo-36454: Fix test_time.test_monotonic() (GH-12929)
Change test_time.test_monotonic() to test only the lower bound of elapsed time after a sleep command rather than the upper bound. This prevents unnecessary test failures on slow buildbots. Patch by Victor Stinner.
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_time.py5
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-04-23-17-48-11.bpo-36454.0q4lQz.rst3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index 3039189..42799b2 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -470,8 +470,9 @@ class TimeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
t2 = time.monotonic()
dt = t2 - t1
self.assertGreater(t2, t1)
- # Issue #20101: On some Windows machines, dt may be slightly low
- self.assertTrue(0.45 <= dt <= 1.0, dt)
+ # bpo-20101: tolerate a difference of 50 ms because of bad timer
+ # resolution on Windows
+ self.assertTrue(0.450 <= dt)
# monotonic() is a monotonic but non adjustable clock
info = time.get_clock_info('monotonic')
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-04-23-17-48-11.bpo-36454.0q4lQz.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-04-23-17-48-11.bpo-36454.0q4lQz.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..151c7ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Tests/2019-04-23-17-48-11.bpo-36454.0q4lQz.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+Change test_time.test_monotonic() to test only the lower bound of elapsed time
+after a sleep command rather than the upper bound. This prevents unnecessary
+test failures on slow buildbots. Patch by Victor Stinner.