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| -rw-r--r-- | redis/lock.py | 8 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/redis/lock.py b/redis/lock.py index 326dbaf..d229752 100644 --- a/redis/lock.py +++ b/redis/lock.py @@ -76,14 +76,14 @@ class Lock: Create a new Lock instance named ``name`` using the Redis client supplied by ``redis``. - ``timeout`` indicates a maximum life for the lock. + ``timeout`` indicates a maximum life for the lock in seconds. By default, it will remain locked until release() is called. ``timeout`` can be specified as a float or integer, both representing the number of seconds to wait. - ``sleep`` indicates the amount of time to sleep per loop iteration - when the lock is in blocking mode and another client is currently - holding the lock. + ``sleep`` indicates the amount of time to sleep in seconds per loop + iteration when the lock is in blocking mode and another client is + currently holding the lock. ``blocking`` indicates whether calling ``acquire`` should block until the lock has been acquired or to fail immediately, causing ``acquire`` |