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| author | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:48:26 (GMT) |
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| committer | R David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> | 2015-01-25 20:48:26 (GMT) |
| commit | f8fe12a5a6d27fc0616e68e27755f0c963b8e98c (patch) | |
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#23251: note that time.sleep affects the current thread only.
This is parallel to the language used in the unix man page.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 04ddef9..12b05bd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ 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 + Suspend execution of the current 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 |