What is the significance of after() in this code?

[alex23]

zeph <zep... at gmail.com> wrote:
> True, though by *context* the after method looks like it takes a time
> (probably in milliseconds, given its size), and a method, and calls
> the method after that amount of time, and returning some process/
> thread id to self.after_id.  Though if that's right, we still don't
> know if its synchronous or not, if its calling it in a new thread or a
> new process, etc etc.

"Please tell me what this function does based solely on its name and
signature" is _still_ a ridiculous question, though, even given the
context you can extrapolate from it.