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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-07-08 00:26:39 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-07-08 00:26:39 (GMT) |
| commit | 6e2e3b9e8188acca0d40df365f3d9595fad59991 (patch) | |
| tree | 004dc517666b28f2fb1e2b8538a8ba79b307412b /Doc/library/os.rst | |
| parent | f6cbdc22be81884463ef7a6fd5b3521eedea4071 (diff) | |
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Issue #12423: Fix os.abort() documentation
The Python signal handler for SIGABRT is not called on os.abort() (only if the
signal is raised manually or sent by another process). Patch by Kamil Kisiel.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library/os.rst')
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/os.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst index d712181..c412ee1 100644 --- a/Doc/library/os.rst +++ b/Doc/library/os.rst @@ -1582,8 +1582,9 @@ to be ignored. Generate a :const:`SIGABRT` signal to the current process. On Unix, the default behavior is to produce a core dump; on Windows, the process immediately returns - an exit code of ``3``. Be aware that programs which use :func:`signal.signal` - to register a handler for :const:`SIGABRT` will behave differently. + an exit code of ``3``. Be aware that calling this function will not call the + Python signal handler registered for :const:`SIGABRT` with + :func:`signal.signal`. Availability: Unix, Windows. |