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authorGiampaolo Rodola' <g.rodola@gmail.com>2014-04-04 13:34:17 (GMT)
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fix #21076: turn signal module constants into enums
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@@ -134,6 +134,11 @@ New Modules
Improved Modules
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+* Different constants of :mod:`signal` module are now enumeration values using
+ the :mod:`enum` module. This allows meaningful names to be printed during
+ debugging, instead of integer “magic numbers”. (contribute by Giampaolo
+ Rodola' in :issue:`21076`)
+
* :class:`xmlrpc.client.ServerProxy` is now a :term:`context manager`
(contributed by Claudiu Popa in :issue:`20627`).