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authorVictor Stinner <vstinner@redhat.com>2018-07-06 11:51:52 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2018-07-06 11:51:52 (GMT)
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bpo-34054: multiprocessing uses time.monotonic() (GH-8118)
The multiprocessing module now uses the monotonic clock time.monotonic() instead of the system clock time.time() to implement timeouts.
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+The multiprocessing module now uses the monotonic clock
+:func:`time.monotonic` instead of the system clock :func:`time.time` to
+implement timeout.