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| author | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 05:10:40 (GMT) |
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| committer | Martin Panter <vadmium+py@gmail.com> | 2016-09-27 05:10:40 (GMT) |
| commit | f18a5daadd6dc9d43a673a6f363d0116bee20210 (patch) | |
| tree | ec5f67fc067e3a5103fa246f5f8ffd16270c3c77 /Doc | |
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Issue #26439: Document that RTLD_NOW is always added
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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/ctypes.rst | 5 |
1 files changed, 3 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst index a675790..072d61e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/ctypes.rst +++ b/Doc/library/ctypes.rst @@ -1354,8 +1354,9 @@ function is used to load the library into the process, and to get a handle to it. The *mode* parameter can be used to specify how the library is loaded. For -details, consult the :manpage:`dlopen(3)` manpage, on Windows, *mode* is -ignored. +details, consult the :manpage:`dlopen(3)` manpage. On Windows, *mode* is +ignored. On posix systems, RTLD_NOW is always added, and is not +configurable. The *use_errno* parameter, when set to True, enables a ctypes mechanism that allows accessing the system :data:`errno` error number in a safe way. |