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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-01-03 21:49:56 (GMT)
committerAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2012-01-03 21:49:56 (GMT)
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@@ -153,13 +153,14 @@ Server Objects
.. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5)
- Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request. Polls for
- shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds.
+ Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request.
+ Poll for shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. Ignores :attr:`self.timeout`.
+ If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in another thread.
.. method:: BaseServer.shutdown()
- Tells the :meth:`serve_forever` loop to stop and waits until it does.
+ Tell the :meth:`serve_forever` loop to stop and wait until it does.
.. attribute:: BaseServer.address_family