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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 7e828b6..3dfa2cc 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -708,7 +708,8 @@ Connection objects usually created using :func:`Pipe` -- see also Send an object to the other end of the connection which should be read using :meth:`recv`. - The object must be picklable. + The object must be picklable. Very large pickles (approximately 32 MB+, + though it depends on the OS) may raise a ValueError exception. .. method:: recv() @@ -740,7 +741,9 @@ Connection objects usually created using :func:`Pipe` -- see also complete message. If *offset* is given then data is read from that position in *buffer*. If - *size* is given then that many bytes will be read from buffer. + *size* is given then that many bytes will be read from buffer. Very large + buffers (approximately 32 MB+, though it depends on the OS) may raise a + ValueError exception .. method:: recv_bytes([maxlength]) @@ -834,6 +837,12 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`. .. class:: Event() A clone of :class:`threading.Event`. + This method returns the state of the internal semaphore on exit, so it + will always return ``True`` except if a timeout is given and the operation + times out. + + .. versionchanged:: 2.7 + Previously, the method always returned ``None``. .. class:: Lock() |