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diff --git a/Doc/tut/tut.tex b/Doc/tut/tut.tex index 97ebeb7..c510e69 100644 --- a/Doc/tut/tut.tex +++ b/Doc/tut/tut.tex @@ -205,7 +205,8 @@ When commands are read from a tty, the interpreter is said to be in with the {\em primary\ prompt}, usually three greater-than signs ({\tt >>>}); for continuation lines it prompts with the {\em secondary\ prompt}, -by default three dots ({\tt ...}). Typing an EOF (Control-D) +by default three dots ({\tt ...}). Typing an EOF character +(Control-D on {\UNIX}, Control-Z on DOS or Windows) at the primary prompt causes the interpreter to exit with a zero exit status. @@ -275,7 +276,9 @@ Whenever {\tt spam.py} is successfully compiled, an attempt is made to write the compiled version to {\tt spam.pyc}. It is not an error if this attempt fails; if for any reason the file is not written completely, the resulting {\tt spam.pyc} file will be recognized as -invalid and thus ignored later. +invalid and thus ignored later. The contents of the {\tt spam.pyc} +file is platform independent, so a Python module directory can be +shared by machines of different architectures. \subsection{Executable Python scripts} @@ -3205,9 +3208,9 @@ exactly as if \code{cmp(x, y)} were a binary operator like \code{+} \section{Unix Signal Handling} -On Unix, Python now supports signal handling. The module +On {\UNIX}, Python now supports signal handling. The module \code{signal} exports functions \code{signal}, \code{pause} and -\code{alarm}, which act similar to their Unix counterparts. The +\code{alarm}, which act similar to their {\UNIX} counterparts. The module also exports the conventional names for the various signal classes (also usable with \code{os.kill()}) and \code{SIG_IGN} and \code{SIG_DFL}. See the section on \code{signal} in the Library |