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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/errno.rst | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/exceptions.rst | 7 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/select.rst | 7 |
3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/errno.rst b/Doc/library/errno.rst index d2163b6..22a5cbc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/errno.rst +++ b/Doc/library/errno.rst @@ -41,7 +41,10 @@ defined by the module. The specific list of defined symbols is available as .. data:: EINTR - Interrupted system call + Interrupted system call. + + .. seealso:: + This error is mapped to the exception :exc:`InterruptedError`. .. data:: EIO diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 271a5c8..bddd0ed 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -536,7 +536,12 @@ depending on the system error code. .. exception:: InterruptedError Raised when a system call is interrupted by an incoming signal. - Corresponds to :c:data:`errno` ``EINTR``. + Corresponds to :c:data:`errno` :py:data:`~errno.EINTR`. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + Python now retries system calls when a syscall is interrupted by a + signal, except if the signal handler raises an exception (see :pep:`475` + for the rationale), instead of raising :exc:`InterruptedError`. .. exception:: IsADirectoryError diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index 5334af8..7fe09cb 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -145,6 +145,13 @@ The module defines the following: library, and does not handle file descriptors that don't originate from WinSock. + .. versionchanged:: 3.5 + The function is now retried with a recomputed timeout when interrupted by + a signal, except if the signal handler raises an exception (see + :pep:`475` for the rationale), instead of raising + :exc:`InterruptedError`. + + .. attribute:: PIPE_BUF The minimum number of bytes which can be written without blocking to a pipe |