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| author | Phillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> | 2004-08-05 12:13:46 (GMT) |
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| committer | Phillip J. Eby <pje@telecommunity.com> | 2004-08-05 12:13:46 (GMT) |
| commit | 1884dda2338adbfd7cd7b6954e7b5ce87cf7b0e1 (patch) | |
| tree | 7a2d6f5b6863f417375821fc2960153adf2b4138 | |
| parent | cf6fc7906d5abb6e0b9e7e52c94e8b28883672f7 (diff) | |
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Warn that settrace() is implementation rather than language
definition, per Guido's request in off-list email.
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 3b25e5a..2cac03e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -475,7 +475,11 @@ else: the Python debugger.\index{debugger} The function is thread-specific; for a debugger to support multiple threads, it must be registered using \function{settrace()} for each thread being - debugged. + debugged. \note{The \function{settrace()} function is intended only + for implementing debuggers, profilers, coverage tools and the like. + Its behavior is part of the implementation platform, rather than + part of the language definition, and thus may not be available in + all Python implementations.} \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{settscdump}{on_flag} |