Kaydet (Commit) 687a17de authored tarafından Fred Drake's avatar Fred Drake

Revise the description of time.clock() so that it correctly describes the

Windows version of the function as well as the Unix flavor.

This fixes SF bug #441357.
üst 63a47402
......@@ -126,12 +126,18 @@ the C function of the same name, there is no trailing newline.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{clock}{}
Return the current processor time as a floating point number expressed in
On \UNIX, return
the current processor time as a floating point number expressed in
seconds. The precision, and in fact the very definition of the meaning
of ``processor time''\index{CPU time}\index{processor time}, depends on
that of the C function of the same name, but in any case, this is the
function to use for benchmarking\index{benchmarking} Python or timing
algorithms.
of ``processor time''\index{CPU time}\index{processor time}, depends
on that of the C function of the same name, but in any case, this is
the function to use for benchmarking\index{benchmarking} Python or
timing algorithms.
On Windows, this function returns the nearest approximation to
wall-clock time since the first call to this function, based on the
Win32 function \cfunction{QueryPerformanceCounter()}. The resolution
is typically better than one microsecond.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{\optional{secs}}
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