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| author | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2004-03-25 14:25:28 (GMT) |
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| committer | Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org> | 2004-03-25 14:25:28 (GMT) |
| commit | 85309512ec4f461a3025fab3bd11408950752f5d (patch) | |
| tree | ec95db44838740801b5290341bbb9a3f26034f3e /Doc/api | |
| parent | bc503d1e90fac2baf8f3f115692c9ac940e9d5bb (diff) | |
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Remove note that PyErr_SetInterrupt() is obsolete; add comment about the
fact that it was marked obsolete but is still needed.
Closes SF bug #919299. Someone else should backport this to Python 2.3.
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/api/exceptions.tex | 4 |
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diff --git a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex index f98b644..3a51a05 100644 --- a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex +++ b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex @@ -299,12 +299,14 @@ for each thread. \end{cfuncdesc} \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetInterrupt}{} - This function is obsolete. It simulates the effect of a + It simulates the effect of a \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} signal arriving --- the next time \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()} is called, \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}} \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} will be raised. It may be called without holding the interpreter lock. + % XXX This was described as obsolete, but is used in + % thread.interrupt_main() (used from IDLE), so it's still needed. \end{cfuncdesc} \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NewException}{char *name, |