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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsignal.tex | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/libsignal.tex | 5 |
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex index 63b671f..802c4d1 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ Some general rules for working with signals handlers: \item A handler for a particular signal, once set, remains installed until -it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python uses the BSD style interface). +it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python emulates the BSD style interface +regardless of the underlying implementation), with the exception of +the handler for \code{SIGCHLD}, which follows the underlying +implementation. \item There is no way to ``block'' signals temporarily from critical diff --git a/Doc/libsignal.tex b/Doc/libsignal.tex index 63b671f..802c4d1 100644 --- a/Doc/libsignal.tex +++ b/Doc/libsignal.tex @@ -8,7 +8,10 @@ Some general rules for working with signals handlers: \item A handler for a particular signal, once set, remains installed until -it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python uses the BSD style interface). +it is explicitly reset (i.e. Python emulates the BSD style interface +regardless of the underlying implementation), with the exception of +the handler for \code{SIGCHLD}, which follows the underlying +implementation. \item There is no way to ``block'' signals temporarily from critical |