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authorAndrew M. Kuchling <amk@amk.ca>2002-05-27 17:19:46 (GMT)
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functions: \function{get_history_item()},
\function{get_current_history_length()}, and \function{redisplay()}.
-\item Support for more advanced POSIX signal handling -- specifically
-the functions \function{sigpending}, \function{sigprocmask} and
-\function{sigsupend}, and depending on platform support -- was added
-to the \module{signal} module. These functions make some previously
-unavoidable race conditions avoidable.
+\item Support for more advanced POSIX signal handling was added
+to the \module{signal} module by adding the \function{sigpending},
+\function{sigprocmask} and \function{sigsuspend} functions, where supported
+by the platform. These functions make it possible to avoid some previously
+unavoidable race conditions.
\end{itemize}