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authorKumar Aditya <kumaraditya@python.org>2025-01-09 09:19:05 (GMT)
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gh-79149: document reentrant safety of `loop.call_soon_threadsafe` (#128662)
Co-authored-by: Thomas Grainger <tagrain@gmail.com>
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@@ -246,6 +246,9 @@ Scheduling callbacks
another thread, this function *must* be used, since :meth:`call_soon` is not
thread-safe.
+ This function is safe to be called from a reentrant context or signal handler,
+ however, it is not safe or fruitful to use the returned handle in such contexts.
+
Raises :exc:`RuntimeError` if called on a loop that's been closed.
This can happen on a secondary thread when the main application is
shutting down.