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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-31 10:10:33 (GMT)
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Issue #23485: select.devpoll.poll() is now retried when interrupted by a signal
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returning. If *timeout* is omitted, -1, or :const:`None`, the call will
block until there is an event for this poll object.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ The function is now retried with a recomputed timeout when interrupted by
+ a signal, except if the signal handler raises an exception (see
+ :pep:`475` for the rationale), instead of raising
+ :exc:`InterruptedError`.
+
.. _epoll-objects: