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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsignal.tex | 6 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libsys.tex | 6 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex index 94ad536..f2624e6 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex @@ -42,10 +42,8 @@ catch synchronous errors like \constant{SIGFPE} or \constant{SIGSEGV}. \item Python installs a small number of signal handlers by default: \constant{SIGPIPE} is ignored (so write errors on pipes and sockets can be -reported as ordinary Python exceptions), \constant{SIGINT} is translated -into a \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} exception, and \constant{SIGTERM} is -caught so that necessary cleanup (especially \code{sys.exitfunc}) can -be performed before actually terminating. All of these can be +reported as ordinary Python exceptions) and \constant{SIGINT} is translated +into a \exception{KeyboardInterrupt} exception. All of these can be overridden. \item diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex index 76b54a3..afb4008 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libsys.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libsys.tex @@ -122,9 +122,9 @@ way to exit a program when an error occurs. This value is not actually defined by the module, but can be set by the user (or by a program) to specify a clean-up action at program exit. When set, it should be a parameterless function. This function - will be called when the interpreter exits in any way (except when a - fatal error occurs: in that case the interpreter's internal state - cannot be trusted). + will be called when the interpreter exits. Note: the exit function + is not called when the program is killed by a signal, when a Python + fatal internal error is detected, or when \code{os._exit()} is called. \end{datadesc} \begin{funcdesc}{getrefcount}{object} |