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| author | Andrew Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2014-04-14 17:39:43 (GMT) |
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| committer | Andrew Kuchling <amk@amk.ca> | 2014-04-14 17:39:43 (GMT) |
| commit | 44da19a63d332a11df16475744355e091c89f3b8 (patch) | |
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#18518: mention that including a return statement changes/breaks the behaviour
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diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst index 0cc1586..824a8a3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst +++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst @@ -63,6 +63,12 @@ The module defines three convenience functions and a public class: Create a :class:`Timer` instance with the given statement, *setup* code and *timer* function and run its :meth:`.timeit` method with *number* executions. + .. note:: + + Because :meth:`.timeit` is executing *stmt*, placing a return statement + in *stmt* will prevent :meth:`.timeit` from returning execution time. + It will instead return the data specified by your return statement. + .. function:: repeat(stmt='pass', setup='pass', timer=<default timer>, repeat=3, number=1000000) |