From eec26f982a6e953eb1d6cc1ca570fb629bdd6ceb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Skip Montanaro <skip@pobox.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Jul 2003 21:38:34 +0000
Subject: Correct documentation of check interval - it's 100 by default, not 10
 any longer.  Pointed out by Alex Martelli.

---
 Doc/api/init.tex   | 2 +-
 Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 4 ++--
 Misc/cheatsheet    | 2 +-
 3 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/api/init.tex b/Doc/api/init.tex
index 44bfa3e..f7d797c 100644
--- a/Doc/api/init.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/init.tex
@@ -348,7 +348,7 @@ Therefore, the rule exists that only the thread that has acquired the
 global interpreter lock may operate on Python objects or call Python/C
 API functions.  In order to support multi-threaded Python programs,
 the interpreter regularly releases and reacquires the lock --- by
-default, every ten bytecode instructions (this can be changed with
+default, every 100 bytecode instructions (this can be changed with
 \withsubitem{(in module sys)}{\ttindex{setcheckinterval()}}
 \function{sys.setcheckinterval()}).  The lock is also released and
 reacquired around potentially blocking I/O operations like reading or
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
index 8a60cb2..558fb36 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex
@@ -394,8 +394,8 @@ else:
 \begin{funcdesc}{setcheckinterval}{interval}
   Set the interpreter's ``check interval''.  This integer value
   determines how often the interpreter checks for periodic things such
-  as thread switches and signal handlers.  The default is \code{10},
-  meaning the check is performed every 10 Python virtual instructions.
+  as thread switches and signal handlers.  The default is \code{100},
+  meaning the check is performed every 100 Python virtual instructions.
   Setting it to a larger value may increase performance for programs
   using threads.  Setting it to a value \code{<=} 0 checks every
   virtual instruction, maximizing responsiveness as well as overhead.
diff --git a/Misc/cheatsheet b/Misc/cheatsheet
index 8563c5a..ee4b8e0 100644
--- a/Misc/cheatsheet
+++ b/Misc/cheatsheet
@@ -1361,7 +1361,7 @@ getrefcount(object Returns the reference count of the object. Generally one
 )                  higher than you might expect, because of object arg temp
                    reference.
 setcheckinterval(  Sets the interpreter's thread switching interval (in number
-interval)          of virtual code instructions, default:10).
+interval)          of virtual code instructions, default:100).
 settrace(func)     Sets a trace function: called before each line ofcode is
                    exited.
 setprofile(func)   Sets a profile function for performance profiling.
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