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| author | Michael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net> | 2002-05-27 15:08:24 (GMT) |
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| committer | Michael W. Hudson <mwh@python.net> | 2002-05-27 15:08:24 (GMT) |
| commit | 34f20eac987b1ca006ebdfe5531a6931243294fb (patch) | |
| tree | c1ffdc5009d7b8f4720dd035a98e2e9af46141c7 /Doc/whatsnew | |
| parent | e5df1058f12b254bb0958ed7ebf788c0eb6fa332 (diff) | |
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This is patch
[ 559250 ] more POSIX signal stuff
Adds support (and docs and tests and autoconfery) for posix signal
mask handling -- sigpending, sigprocmask and sigsuspend.
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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex index cb5d6fd..489452d 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew23.tex @@ -532,6 +532,12 @@ contents, and the \code{*=} assignment operator to repeat an array. 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. + \end{itemize} |