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| author | Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org> | 2016-09-09 19:31:05 (GMT) |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org> | 2016-09-09 19:31:05 (GMT) |
| commit | 0d441d7d59b28f44ebd32eebdba4395d6177d775 (patch) | |
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Add a note about queue not being safe for use from signal handlers.
issue14976.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/queue.rst b/Doc/library/queue.rst index e3eaa3f..c7dfc35 100644 --- a/Doc/library/queue.rst +++ b/Doc/library/queue.rst @@ -189,6 +189,11 @@ Example of how to wait for enqueued tasks to be completed:: t.join() +.. note:: + + The :mod:`queue` module is not safe for use from :mod:`signal` handlers as + it uses :mod:`threading` locks. + .. seealso:: Class :class:`multiprocessing.Queue` |