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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-06-26 19:25:12 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1996-06-26 19:25:12 (GMT)
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mktime returns a float now.
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libtime.tex5
-rw-r--r--Doc/libtime.tex5
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
index f91a492..e934408 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple}
This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}. Its argument is the
-full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns an integer. If the
-input value can't be represented as a non-negative integer, OverflowError is raised.
+full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns a floating
+point number, for compatibility with \code{time.time()}. If the input
+value can't be represented as a valid time, OverflowError is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{sleep}{secs}
diff --git a/Doc/libtime.tex b/Doc/libtime.tex
index f91a492..e934408 100644
--- a/Doc/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/libtime.tex
@@ -86,8 +86,9 @@ to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple}
This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}. Its argument is the
-full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns an integer. If the
-input value can't be represented as a non-negative integer, OverflowError is raised.
+full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns a floating
+point number, for compatibility with \code{time.time()}. If the input
+value can't be represented as a valid time, OverflowError is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{sleep}{secs}