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| author | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2003-09-20 11:09:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin v. Löwis <martin@v.loewis.de> | 2003-09-20 11:09:28 (GMT) |
| commit | 7bdc484c97eb418dcffcdc7a4390e30818d277cb (patch) | |
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| parent | 8f81c93b8c1b5aecf94a89c22d9f74eeb228a277 (diff) | |
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Patch #808362: Fix typos.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtimeit.tex b/Doc/lib/libtimeit.tex index f008fee..98c1c83 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtimeit.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtimeit.tex @@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ The default timer function is platform dependent. On Windows, \function{time.time()}'s granularity is 1/60th of a second; on \UNIX, \function{time.clock()} has 1/100th of a second granularity and \function{time.time()} is much more precise. On either platform, the -default timer functions measures wall clock time, not the CPU time. +default timer functions measure wall clock time, not the CPU time. This means that other processes running on the same computer may interfere with the timing. The best thing to do when accurate timing is necessary is to repeat the timing a few times and use the best |