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author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-08-23 13:26:22 (GMT) |
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committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1994-08-23 13:26:22 (GMT) |
commit | bd851cd167008e9f374c717b52bf0ba4be3f26c6 (patch) | |
tree | a46f946b63d7f893b38b76ab265b620eb2c94b17 /Doc/libtime.tex | |
parent | d849a4838ddbecbe8264110e5aa0a33739df1131 (diff) | |
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* Doc/libtime.tex: get rid of references to millitime() and
millisleep(); document clock()
* Doc/ref6.tex (section{Assignment statements}): added warning
about overlaps in lhs of assignment (e.g. "i, x[i] = 1, 2")
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1 files changed, 9 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/libtime.tex b/Doc/libtime.tex index 7e83f4e..3106542 100644 --- a/Doc/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/libtime.tex @@ -2,8 +2,7 @@ \bimodindex{time} This module provides various time-related functions. -It is always available. (On some systems, not all functions may -exist; e.g. the ``milli'' variants can't always be implemented.) +It is always available. An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order. @@ -55,6 +54,13 @@ the same name, there is no trailing newline. \end{funcdesc} +\begin{funcdesc}{clock}{} +Return the current CPU time as a floating point number expressed in +seconds. The precision depends on that of the C function by the same +name. +\end{funcdesc} + + \begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{secs} Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a string representing local time. \code{ctime(t)} is equivalent to @@ -78,18 +84,6 @@ Like \code{gmtime} but converts to local time. The dst flag is set to 1 when DST applies to the given time. \end{funcdesc} -\begin{funcdesc}{millisleep}{msecs} -Suspend execution for the given number of milliseconds. (Obsolete, -you can now use use \code{sleep} with a floating point argument.) -\end{funcdesc} - -\begin{funcdesc}{millitimer}{} -Return the number of milliseconds of real time elapsed since some -point in the past that is fixed per execution of the python -interpreter (but may change in each following run). The return value -may be negative, and it may wrap around. -\end{funcdesc} - \begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple} This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}. Its argument is the full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns an integer. @@ -104,8 +98,7 @@ be a floating point number to indicate a more precise sleep time. Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since the epoch, in UTC. Note that even though the time is always returned as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better -precision than 1 second. An alternative for measuring precise -intervals is \code{millitimer}. +precision than 1 second. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{timezone} |