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@@ -207,6 +207,15 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
installed from Python.
+.. function:: strsignal(signalnum)
+
+ Return the system description of the signal *signalnum*, such as
+ "Interrupt", "Segmentation fault", etc. Returns :const:`None` if the signal
+ is not recognized.
+
+ .. versionadded:: 3.8
+
+
.. function:: pause()
Cause the process to sleep until a signal is received; the appropriate handler