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* Doc/libtime.tex: get rid of references to millitime() and
millisleep(); document clock() * Doc/ref6.tex (section{Assignment statements}): added warning about overlaps in lhs of assignment (e.g. "i, x[i] = 1, 2")
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\bimodindex{time}
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This module provides various time-related functions.
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It is always available. (On some systems, not all functions may
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exist; e.g. the ``milli'' variants can't always be implemented.)
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It is always available.
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An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{clock}{}
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Return the current CPU time as a floating point number expressed in
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seconds. The precision depends on that of the C function by the same
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name.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{secs}
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Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a string
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representing local time. \code{ctime(t)} is equivalent to
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to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{millisleep}{msecs}
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Suspend execution for the given number of milliseconds. (Obsolete,
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you can now use use \code{sleep} with a floating point argument.)
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{millitimer}{}
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Return the number of milliseconds of real time elapsed since some
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point in the past that is fixed per execution of the python
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interpreter (but may change in each following run). The return value
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may be negative, and it may wrap around.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple}
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This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}. Its argument is the
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full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed). It returns an integer.
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Return the time as a floating point number expressed in seconds since
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the epoch, in UTC. Note that even though the time is always returned
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as a floating point number, not all systems provide time with a better
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precision than 1 second. An alternative for measuring precise
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intervals is \code{millitimer}.
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precision than 1 second.
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\end{funcdesc}
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\begin{datadesc}{timezone}
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