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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2012-02-23 23:10:45 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2012-02-23 23:10:45 (GMT)
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Issue #13846: Enhance time.monotonic() documentation
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@@ -228,8 +228,9 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
.. function:: monotonic()
- Monotonic clock. The reference point of the returned value is undefined so
- only the difference of consecutive calls is valid.
+ Monotonic non-decreasing clock. The clock is not related to the system clock
+ and cannot go backward. The reference point of the returned
+ value is undefined so only the difference of consecutive calls is valid.
.. versionadded:: 3.3