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Merge: #23215: note that time.sleep affects the current thread only. [#23215]
| R David Murray rdmurray@bitdance.com | |
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| date | Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:47:06 -0500 |
| parents | a858cde113f2(current diff)3a9b1e5fe179(diff) |
| children | dd8a03e98158 |
| files | Doc/library/time.rst |
| diffstat | 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)[+] [-] Doc/library/time.rst 13 |
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--- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -342,12 +342,13 @@ The module defines the following functio .. function:: sleep(secs)
- Suspend execution for the given number of seconds. The argument may be a
- floating point number to indicate a more precise sleep time. The actual
- suspension time may be less than that requested because any caught signal will
- terminate the :func:
sleepfollowing execution of that signal's catching - routine. Also, the suspension time may be longer than requested by an arbitrary
- amount because of the scheduling of other activity in the system.
- Suspend execution of the calling thread for the given number of seconds.
- The argument may be a floating point number to indicate a more precise sleep
- time. The actual suspension time may be less than that requested because any
- caught signal will terminate the :func:
sleepfollowing execution of that - signal's catching routine. Also, the suspension time may be longer than
- requested by an arbitrary amount because of the scheduling of other activity
- in the system.