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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-19 20:54:09 (GMT)
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-19 20:54:09 (GMT)
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Issue #23646: If time.sleep() is interrupted by a signal, the sleep is now
retried with the recomputed delay, except if the signal handler raises an exception (PEP 475). Modify also test_signal to use a monotonic clock instead of the system clock.
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@@ -350,6 +350,11 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
requested by an arbitrary amount because of the scheduling of other activity
in the system.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ The function now sleeps at least *secs* even if the sleep is interrupted
+ by a signal, except if the signal handler raises an exception (see
+ :pep:`475` for the rationale).
+
.. function:: strftime(format[, t])