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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index b12e774..82953db 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -126,11 +126,12 @@ the C function of 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 +Return the current processor time as a floating point number expressed in seconds. The precision, and in fact the very definition of the meaning -of ``CPU time''\index{CPU time}, depends on that of the C function -of the same name, but in any case, this is the function to use for -benchmarking\index{benchmarking} Python or timing algorithms. +of ``processor time''\index{CPU time}\index{processor time}, depends on +that of the C function of the same name, but in any case, this is the +function to use for benchmarking\index{benchmarking} Python or timing +algorithms. \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{\optional{secs}} |