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In article <mailman.1034263815.6731.python-list at python.org>,
 <sismex01 at hebmex.com> wrote:
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>Does invoking time.sleep() automagically allow a thread switch in
>Python?

Depends.  time.sleep() with a non-zero value causes the current thread
to block because time.sleep() uses select() to do its dirty work -- but
that doesn't mean any other thread will run.
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