[cleanup] misc

[yt-dlp.git] / yt_dlp / extractor / common.py

diff --git a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
index e00d8c42b59ef6abd387927d8121f1e922c01afc..22b1ed69ab3b406ff334c42d754ae920dc1d87c5 100644 (file)
--- a/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
+++ b/yt_dlp/extractor/common.py
@@ -448,7 +448,9 @@ class InfoExtractor(object):
     }
 
     def __init__(self, downloader=None):
-        """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader."""
+        """Constructor. Receives an optional downloader (a YoutubeDL instance).
+        If a downloader is not passed during initialization,
+        it must be set using "set_downloader()" before "extract()" is called"""
         self._ready = False
         self._x_forwarded_for_ip = None
         self._printed_messages = set()
@@ -664,7 +666,7 @@ def _request_webpage(self, url_or_request, video_id, note=None, errnote=None, fa
         See _download_webpage docstring for arguments specification.
         """
         if not self._downloader._first_webpage_request:
-            sleep_interval = float_or_none(self.get_param('sleep_interval_requests')) or 0
+            sleep_interval = self.get_param('sleep_interval_requests') or 0
             if sleep_interval > 0:
                 self.to_screen('Sleeping %s seconds ...' % sleep_interval)
                 time.sleep(sleep_interval)