From: R David Murray Date: Sun, 25 Jan 2015 20:48:26 +0000 (-0500) Subject: #23251: note that time.sleep affects the current thread only. X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f8fe12a5a6d27fc0616e68e27755f0c963b8e98c;p=python #23251: note that time.sleep affects the current thread only. This is parallel to the language used in the unix man page. --- diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 04ddef9be0..12b05bd789 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -222,7 +222,8 @@ 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 current 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