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authorRoss Lagerwall <rosslagerwall@gmail.com>2011-06-25 10:13:40 (GMT)
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Issue #12303: Add sigwaitinfo() and sigtimedwait() to the signal module.
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* :func:`~signal.pthread_kill`: send a signal to a thread ;
* :func:`~signal.sigpending`: examine pending functions ;
* :func:`~signal.sigwait`: wait a signal.
+ * :func:`~signal.sigwaitinfo`: wait for a signal, returning detailed
+ information about it.
+ * :func:`~signal.sigtimedwait`: like :func:`~signal.sigwaitinfo` but with a
+ timeout.
* The signal handler writes the signal number as a single byte instead of
a nul byte into the wakeup file descriptor. So it is possible to wait more