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| author | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1996-02-12 23:18:51 (GMT) |
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| committer | Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> | 1996-02-12 23:18:51 (GMT) |
| commit | c1715527fd0e55b90f21580410a4505414acebf1 (patch) | |
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document non-BSD SIGCHLD behaviour
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex index 63b671f..802c4d1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ Some general rules for working with signals handlers: \item A handler for a particular signal, once set, remains installed until -it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python uses the BSD style interface). +it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python emulates the BSD style interface +regardless of the underlying implementation), with the exception of +the handler for \code{SIGCHLD}, which follows the underlying +implementation. \item There is no way to ``block'' signals temporarily from critical |