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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-10-06 10:29:26 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-10-06 10:29:26 (GMT) |
commit | 16cd7f9f122fcc8930f9da57ad5e0fe2e41ecebc (patch) | |
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Moved author and date to boilerplate.tex.
Added copyright.tex to all files.
Added descr of check_interval to libsys.tex.
Corrected lotsa typos in tut.tex (thanks to George M. Sipe).
Corrected mktuple (should be newtupleobject) example in ext.tex.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index cd2c646..e16fbd5 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -20,6 +20,15 @@ It is always available. modules.) \end{datadesc} +\begin{datadesc}{check_interval} +When this variable is set to an integer value, it determines how often +the interpreter checks for periodic things such as thread switches and +signal handlers. The default is 10, meaning the check is performed +every 10 Python virtual instructions. Setting this to a large value +may increase performance for programs using threads. Setting it to a +value <= 0 checks every virtual instruction, maximizing responsiveness +as well as overhead. + \begin{datadesc}{exc_type} \dataline{exc_value} \dataline{exc_traceback} |