From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:45:14 +0000 (-0500) Subject: #23251: Note that time.sleep affects the calling thread only. X-Git-Tag: v3.4.3rc1~89 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f1f9675b8a83ed6d84f212d1b8fb036c40e6c8d8;p=python #23251: Note that time.sleep affects the calling thread only. This change parallels the language used in the unix man page. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 829488f7cd..eb073aa840 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