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

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

This fixes SF bug #441357.
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Fred Drake 2001-07-16 15:40:57 +00:00
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@ -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}}