From 1dfd5d9f788ed39d558a88f1a3b883baf9c512ef Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Ezio Melotti Date: Sat, 27 Jun 2009 23:45:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] stmt and setup can contain multiple statements, see #5896 --- Doc/library/timeit.rst | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst index c545b97148..fde10781b3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/timeit.rst +++ b/Doc/library/timeit.rst @@ -26,8 +26,9 @@ The module defines the following public class: The constructor takes a statement to be timed, an additional statement used for setup, and a timer function. Both statements default to ``'pass'``; the timer - function is platform-dependent (see the module doc string). The statements may - contain newlines, as long as they don't contain multi-line string literals. + function is platform-dependent (see the module doc string). *stmt* and *setup* + may also contain multiple statements separated by ``;`` or newlines, as long as + they don’t contain multi-line string literals. To measure the execution time of the first statement, use the :meth:`timeit` method. The :meth:`repeat` method is a convenience to call :meth:`timeit` -- 2.50.0