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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2011-05-07 23:46:11 (GMT)
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Issue #8407: Add pthread_kill(), sigpending() and sigwait() functions to the
signal module.
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@@ -123,10 +123,13 @@ sys
signal
------
-* The :mod:`signal` module has a new :func:`~signal.pthread_sigmask` function
- to fetch and/or change the signal mask of the calling thread.
+* The :mod:`signal` module has a new functions:
- (Contributed by Jean-Paul Calderone in :issue:`8407`)
+ * :func:`~signal.pthread_sigmask`: fetch and/or change the signal mask of the
+ calling thread (Contributed by Jean-Paul Calderone in :issue:`8407`) ;
+ * :func:`~signal.pthread_kill`: send a signal to a thread ;
+ * :func:`~signal.sigpending`: examine pending functions ;
+ * :func:`~signal.sigwait`: wait a signal.
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