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Added disclaimer to the sleep() function.

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Guido van Rossum 1999-08-19 14:42:54 +00:00
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@ -151,6 +151,11 @@ represented as a valid time, \exception{OverflowError} is raised.
\begin{funcdesc}{sleep}{secs}
Suspend execution 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 \function{sleep()} following
execution of that signal's catching routine. Also, the suspension
time may be longer than requested by an arbitrary amount because of
the scheduling of other activity in the system.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{strftime}{format, tuple}