From: Tim Peters <tim.peters@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 19 Aug 2001 01:38:03 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Improve Windows time.clock() blurb; was missing return type and unit.
X-Git-Tag: v2.2a3~436
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=dbec7d2c166650aa30dc35f373fc337fab35aa28;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

Improve Windows time.clock() blurb; was missing return type and unit.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
index 83d520e20ddc..2e9de609ce83 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
@@ -134,10 +134,10 @@ 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.
+On Windows, this function returns wall-clock seconds elapsed since the
+first call to this function, as a floating point number,
+based on the Win32 function \cfunction{QueryPerformanceCounter()}.
+The resolution is typically better than one microsecond.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{\optional{secs}}