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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:47:06 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:47:06 (GMT) |
| commit | 58f02019e0a772b5689b69182f4f162666657294 (patch) | |
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Merge: #23215: note that time.sleep affects the current thread only.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 6669707..6bfd521 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -342,12 +342,13 @@ 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 - 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 - routine. Also, the suspension time may be longer than requested by an arbitrary - amount because of the scheduling of other activity in the system. + 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 routine. Also, the suspension time may be longer than + requested by an arbitrary amount because of the scheduling of other activity + in the system. .. function:: strftime(format[, t]) |