Maybe there could be a Time::Instant type to represent a point in time? Either an abstract struct or a module, so specific clocks (Time::Monotonic, Time::Realtime, …) could inherit most of their implementation, since time operations (add, sub, <=>, to_f, …) don’t depend on the clock. If you need to…

Generalize `#sleep` for monotonic and wall clock

HertzDevil August 25, 2025, 12:31pm 3

This reminds me of this thread about how even the monotonic clock might ignore hibernation on certain platforms.

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