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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-05-04 11:20:35 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-05-04 11:20:35 (GMT) |
| commit | 35b300c5fd8406c0e05bc2a1e7e07e6db848571e (patch) | |
| tree | 42d58a0b8cd807e58b0c26d5bb91614dcb1af9cf /Doc/library/signal.rst | |
| parent | 6fd49e152ae173e4f89d5d547b828fa8af4072f2 (diff) | |
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Issue #8407: signal.pthread_sigmask() returns a set instead of a list
Update the doc. Refactor also related tests.
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1 files changed, 4 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index ffe7f09..f318cfa 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -184,7 +184,7 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions: Fetch and/or change the signal mask of the calling thread. The signal mask is the set of signals whose delivery is currently blocked for the caller. - The old signal mask is returned. + Return the old signal mask as a set of signals. The behavior of the call is dependent on the value of *how*, as follows. @@ -196,8 +196,9 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions: * :data:`SIG_SETMASK`: The set of blocked signals is set to the *mask* argument. - *mask* is a list of signal numbers (e.g. [:const:`signal.SIGINT`, - :const:`signal.SIGTERM`]). + *mask* is a set of signal numbers (e.g. {:const:`signal.SIGINT`, + :const:`signal.SIGTERM`}). Use ``range(1, signal.NSIG)`` for a full mask + including all signals. For example, ``signal.pthread_sigmask(signal.SIG_BLOCK, [])`` reads the signal mask of the calling thread. |