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diff --git a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst index 34bcce0..c7bc0d5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/socketserver.rst +++ b/Doc/library/socketserver.rst @@ -154,9 +154,21 @@ Server Objects .. method:: BaseServer.serve_forever(poll_interval=0.5) Handle requests until an explicit :meth:`shutdown` request. - Poll for shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. Ignores :attr:`self.timeout`. - If you need to do periodic tasks, do them in another thread. + Poll for shutdown every *poll_interval* seconds. Ignores :attr:`self.timeout`. It also calls + :meth:`service_actions` which may be used by a subclass or Mixin to provide + various cleanup actions. For e.g. ForkingMixin class uses + :meth:`service_actions` to cleanup the zombie child processes. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 + Added service_actions call to the serve_forever method. + + +.. method:: BaseServer.service_actions() + + This is called by the serve_forever loop. This method is can be overridden + by Mixin's to add cleanup or service specific actions. + + .. versionadded:: 3.3 .. method:: BaseServer.shutdown() |