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authorAntoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net>2010-12-15 22:59:16 (GMT)
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Issue #8844: Regular and recursive lock acquisitions can now be interrupted
by signals on platforms using pthreads. Patch by Reid Kleckner.
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@@ -408,6 +408,9 @@ All methods are executed atomically.
.. versionchanged:: 3.2
The *timeout* parameter is new.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.2
+ Lock acquires can now be interrupted by signals on POSIX.
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.. method:: Lock.release()