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author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2014-10-28 21:35:35 +0100 |
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committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2014-10-28 21:35:35 +0100 |
commit | 51c33b5860609693c8f15664a02f956497d931bb (patch) | |
tree | 654f76636b46f44a4f14d8de5d34477af2940f91 | |
parent | e4723b4bbdc97de464cbc5f3e8b19561b016d6e1 (diff) | |
download | cpython-51c33b5860609693c8f15664a02f956497d931bb.tar.gz |
Closes #22749: remove outdated advice to use clock() for accurate timing.
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1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 64b5e0414d..829488f7cd 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items: On Unix, 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 - "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 Python or timing algorithms. + "processor time", depends on that of the C function of the same name. On Windows, this function returns wall-clock seconds elapsed since the first call to this function, as a floating point number, based on the Win32 function |