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Closes #22749: remove outdated advice to use clock() for accurate timing.

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Georg Brandl 2014-10-28 21:35:35 +01:00
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@ -133,8 +133,7 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
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", depends on that of the C function of the same name, but in any
case, this is the function to use for benchmarking Python or timing algorithms.
"processor time", depends on that of the C function of the same name.
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