From f1f9675b8a83ed6d84f212d1b8fb036c40e6c8d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 15:45:14 -0500 Subject: #23251: Note that time.sleep affects the calling thread only. This change parallels the language used in the unix man page. --- Doc/library/time.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 829488f..eb073aa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -342,7 +342,8 @@ 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 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 -- cgit v0.12