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Update monotonic function docstring for clarity #10764

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Update monotonic function docstring for clarity
d-c-d Dec 24, 2025
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Fix comment formatting in monotonic function
dhalbert Dec 24, 2025
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4 changes: 2 additions & 2 deletions shared-bindings/time/__init__.c
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//| def monotonic() -> float:
//| """Returns an always increasing value of time with an unknown reference
//| """Returns an always increasing value of time, in fractional seconds, with an unknown reference
//| point. Only use it to compare against other values from `time.monotonic()`
//| during the same code run.
//|
//| On most boards, `time.monotonic()` converts a 64-bit millisecond tick counter
//| to a float. Floats on most boards are encoded in 30 bits internally, with
//| to seconds, as a float. Floats on most boards are encoded in 30 bits internally, with
//| effectively 22 bits of precision. The float returned by `time.monotonic()` will
//| accurately represent time to millisecond precision only up to 2**22 milliseconds
//| (about 1.165 hours).
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