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authorCheryl Sabella <cheryl.sabella@gmail.com>2018-10-12 14:55:20 (GMT)
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bpo-11233: Create availability directive for documentation (GH-9692)
Replace "Availability: xxx" with ".. availability:: xxx" in the doc. Original patch by Georg Brandl. Co-Authored-By: Georg Brandl <georg@python.org>
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Let the show begin!
+
+.. _availability:
+
+Notes on availability
+=====================
+
+* An "Availability: Unix" note means that this function is commonly found on
+ Unix systems. It does not make any claims about its existence on a specific
+ operating system.
+
+* If not separately noted, all functions that claim "Availability: Unix" are
+ supported on Mac OS X, which builds on a Unix core.
+