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Author pitrou
Recipients eckhardt, pitrou, rhettinger, vstinner
Date 2011-07-01.09:34:20
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I agree with the ValueError suggestion. Since it would slightly change existing behaviour, it can only be done in a feature release (3.3).

According to Google Code Search, deliberate uses of sleep(-1) are almost non-existent:
http://www.google.com/codesearch#search/&q=%22sleep%28-1%29%22%20lang:python&type=cs
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2011-07-01 09:34:21pitrousetrecipients: + pitrou, rhettinger, vstinner, eckhardt
2011-07-01 09:34:21pitrousetmessageid: <1309512861.62.0.625383571513.issue12459@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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