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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2014-07-24 19:58:53 (GMT)
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.. c:function:: int PySignal_SetWakeupFd(int fd)
- This utility function specifies a file descriptor to which a ``'\0'`` byte will
- be written whenever a signal is received. It returns the previous such file
- descriptor. The value ``-1`` disables the feature; this is the initial state.
+ This utility function specifies a file descriptor to which the signal number
+ is written as a single byte whenever a signal is received. *fd* must be
+ non-blocking. It returns the previous such file descriptor.
+
+ On Windows, the function only supports socket handles.
+
+ The value ``-1`` disables the feature; this is the initial state.
This is equivalent to :func:`signal.set_wakeup_fd` in Python, but without any
error checking. *fd* should be a valid file descriptor. The function should
only be called from the main thread.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ On Windows, the function now only supports socket handles.
+
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_NewException(char *name, PyObject *base, PyObject *dict)