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sleep

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sleep(...) public

Suspends the current thread for duration seconds (which may be any number, including a Float with fractional seconds). Returns the actual number of seconds slept (rounded), which may be less than that asked for if another thread calls Thread#run. Zero arguments causes sleep to sleep forever.

Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:32 CDT 2003
sleep 1.2   #=> 1
Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:33 CDT 2003
sleep 1.9   #=> 2
Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:35 CDT 2003

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/*
 *  call-seq:
 *     sleep([duration])    => fixnum
 *
 *  Suspends the current thread for _duration_ seconds (which may be any number,
 *  including a +Float+ with fractional seconds). Returns the actual number of
 *  seconds slept (rounded), which may be less than that asked for if another
 *  thread calls <code>Thread#run</code>. Zero arguments causes +sleep+ to sleep
 *  forever.
 *
 *     Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:32 CDT 2003
 *     sleep 1.2   #=> 1
 *     Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:33 CDT 2003
 *     sleep 1.9   #=> 2
 *     Time.new    #=> Wed Apr 09 08:56:35 CDT 2003
 */

static VALUE
rb_f_sleep(argc, argv)
    int argc;
    VALUE *argv;
{
    int beg, end;

    beg = time(0);
    if (argc == 0) {
        rb_thread_sleep_forever();
    }
    else if (argc == 1) {
        rb_thread_wait_for(rb_time_interval(argv[0]));
    }
    else {
        rb_raise(rb_eArgError, "wrong number of arguments");
    }

    end = time(0) - beg;

    return INT2FIX(end);
}

sleep

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