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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:45:14 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:45:14 (GMT) |
| commit | f1f9675b8a83ed6d84f212d1b8fb036c40e6c8d8 (patch) | |
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#23251: Note that time.sleep affects the calling thread only.
This change parallels the language used in the unix man page.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 829488f..eb073aa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items: .. function:: sleep(secs) - Suspend execution for the given number of seconds. The argument may be a + Suspend execution of the calling thread 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 :func:`sleep` following execution of that signal's catching |