Dear Lazyweb,

Which is better to use for timing in Python? time.clock() or time.time()? Which one provides more accuracy?

for example:

start = time.clock()
... do something
elapsed = (time.clock() - start)

vs.

start = time.time()
... do something
elapsed = (time.time() - start)

Update:
From the comments I received and others I have talked with, it looks like the answer is: use time() on Unix/Linux systems and clock() on Windows systems. However, the 'timeit' module gives you more options and is accurate across platforms.

In the previous post, we implemented the insertion method of a binary heap using Test Driven Development (TDD) and parameterized unit tests (I'll leave the full implementation of the insertion method as an exercise).