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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1999-08-19 14:42:54 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>1999-08-19 14:42:54 (GMT)
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Added disclaimer to the sleep() function.
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@@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ represented as a valid time, \exception{OverflowError} is raised.
\begin{funcdesc}{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 \function{sleep()} following
+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.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{strftime}{format, tuple}