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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index a2cdb02..85a8241 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -837,7 +837,7 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`. A bounded semaphore object: a clone of :class:`threading.BoundedSemaphore`. - (On Mac OS X this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because + (On Mac OS X, this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because ``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented on that platform). .. class:: Condition([lock]) @@ -879,9 +879,8 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`. specifies a timeout in seconds. If *block* is ``False`` then *timeout* is ignored. -.. note:: - On OS/X ``sem_timedwait`` is unsupported, so timeout arguments for the - aforementioned :meth:`acquire` methods will be ignored on OS/X. + On Mac OS X, ``sem_timedwait`` is unsupported, so calling ``acquire()`` with + a timeout will emulate that function's behavior using a sleeping loop. .. note:: |