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authorJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-08-11 00:31:50 +0000
committerJarkko Hietaniemi <jhi@iki.fi>2000-08-11 00:31:50 +0000
commit8971464fe1368320f585ff9291c3746c6e33278b (patch)
treeddca1eb867e8d873faae836a8a316b804c95941f /ext
parent5bb12a20d9c8d66cb40f35ba335aa719db3a68c9 (diff)
downloadperl-8971464fe1368320f585ff9291c3746c6e33278b.tar.gz
Document the IO::Select timeout.
p4raw-id: //depot/perl@6586
Diffstat (limited to 'ext')
-rw-r--r--ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm6
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm
index df92b04b74..e84b54f015 100644
--- a/ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm
+++ b/ext/IO/lib/IO/Select.pm
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ Return an array of all registered handles.
=item can_read ( [ TIMEOUT ] )
Return an array of handles that are ready for reading. C<TIMEOUT> is
-the maximum amount of time to wait before returning an empty list. If
-C<TIMEOUT> is not given and any handles are registered then the call
-will block.
+the maximum amount of time to wait before returning an empty list, in
+seconds, possibly fractional. If C<TIMEOUT> is not given and any
+handles are registered then the call will block.
=item can_write ( [ TIMEOUT ] )