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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2014-10-28 21:35:35 +0100
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2014-10-28 21:35:35 +0100
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Closes #22749: remove outdated advice to use clock() for accurate timing.
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@@ -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