From 11624ce59cfc9d4c46dfe6f8b4a14daa30aa331e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: prdlk <prdlk@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2026 11:35:49 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] refactor: inline the monotonic clock helper

---
 lib/beeper.py | 8 ++------
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/lib/beeper.py b/lib/beeper.py
index 31e5d77..b486d5e 100644
--- a/lib/beeper.py
+++ b/lib/beeper.py
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ def unread_chats(token: str, cap: int = FETCH_CAP, budget: float = 0.0) -> tuple
     seen: set[str] = set()
     cursor = ""
     truncated = False
-    deadline = (_now() + budget) if budget > 0 else 0.0
+    deadline = (time.monotonic() + budget) if budget > 0 else 0.0
     while True:
         params = {
             "unreadOnly": True,
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ def unread_chats(token: str, cap: int = FETCH_CAP, budget: float = 0.0) -> tuple
         cursor = str(data.get("oldestCursor") or "")
         if not data.get("hasMore") or not cursor or not items:
             break
-        if deadline and _now() >= deadline:
+        if deadline and time.monotonic() >= deadline:
             truncated = True
             break
     out.sort(key=lambda chat: (_ts(chat.get("lastActivity")), str(chat.get("id"))), reverse=True)
@@ -320,7 +320,3 @@ def _ts(value: object) -> float:
     if parsed.tzinfo is None:
         parsed = parsed.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
     return parsed.timestamp()
-
-
-def _now() -> float:
-    return time.monotonic()