PEP 418: Make it explicit than calling timeBeginPeriod() affects

WaitForSingleObject() and Sleep()
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Victor Stinner 2012-04-09 02:24:38 +02:00
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@ -509,9 +509,10 @@ days).
The default precision of the timeGetTime function can be five The default precision of the timeGetTime function can be five
milliseconds or more, depending on the machine. milliseconds or more, depending on the machine.
timeBeginPeriod() can be used to increase the precision of timeBeginPeriod() can be used to increase the precision of timeGetTime() up to
timeGetTime() up to 1 millisecond, but it negatively affects power 1 millisecond, but it negatively affects power consumption. Calling
consumption. timeBeginPeriod() also affects the granularity of some other timing calls, such
as CreateWaitableTimer(), WaitForSingleObject() and Sleep().
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