bpo-35138: Added an example for timeit.timeit with callable arguments (GH-9787)

boxed · vstinner · commit 8da5ebe11e0c · 2019-05-13T21:27:17.000+02:00
* Update timeit.rst
diff --git a/Doc/library/timeit.rst b/Doc/library/timeit.rst
@@ -44,8 +44,12 @@ This can be achieved from the :ref:`python-interface` with::
    >>> timeit.timeit('"-".join(map(str, range(100)))', number=10000)
    0.23702679807320237
 
+A callable can also be passed from the :ref:`python-interface`::
 
-Note however that :mod:`timeit` will automatically determine the number of
+   >>> timeit.timeit(lambda: "-".join(map(str, range(100))), number=10000)
+   0.19665591977536678
+
+Note however that :func:`.timeit` will automatically determine the number of
 repetitions only when the command-line interface is used.  In the
 :ref:`timeit-examples` section you can find more advanced examples.
 
