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| author | Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com> | 2015-03-17 20:54:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Robert Collins <rbtcollins@hp.com> | 2015-03-17 20:54:50 (GMT) |
| commit | 302dbc6792895de98ab14b382e7a35f512396ac7 (patch) | |
| tree | 9c83183ef5b8dc84fa2d29b15b6ef3e3beb726c3 /Doc/library/timeit.rst | |
| parent | f024d263b4af789af0eb3727417bbeec582f69eb (diff) | |
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Issue #18983: Allow selection of output units in timeit.
This allows manual selection of a specific unit such as usecs rather than the
use of a heuristic. This is intended to aid machine processing of timeit
output.
Patch by Serhiy Storchaka.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library/timeit.rst')
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1 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst index 17588bd..3ef9f3e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst +++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst @@ -179,7 +179,7 @@ Command-Line Interface When called as a program from the command line, the following form is used:: - python -m timeit [-n N] [-r N] [-s S] [-t] [-c] [-h] [statement ...] + python -m timeit [-n N] [-r N] [-u U] [-s S] [-t] [-c] [-h] [statement ...] Where the following options are understood: @@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ Where the following options are understood: use :func:`time.time` (deprecated) +.. cmdoption:: -u, --unit=U + + specify a time unit for timer output; can select usec, msec, or sec + + .. versionadded:: 3.5 + .. cmdoption:: -c, --clock use :func:`time.clock` (deprecated) |