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-rw-r--r--Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst13
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/signal.rst5
2 files changed, 3 insertions, 15 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
index 46033ca..33b4439 100644
--- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
+++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst
@@ -443,20 +443,13 @@ in various ways. There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
.. c:function:: int PySignal_SetWakeupFd(int fd)
- This utility function specifies a file descriptor to which the signal number
- is written as a single byte whenever a signal is received. *fd* must be
- non-blocking. It returns the previous such file descriptor.
-
- On Windows, the function only supports socket handles.
-
- The value ``-1`` disables the feature; this is the initial state.
+ This utility function specifies a file descriptor to which a ``'\0'`` byte will
+ be written whenever a signal is received. It returns the previous such file
+ descriptor. The value ``-1`` disables the feature; this is the initial state.
This is equivalent to :func:`signal.set_wakeup_fd` in Python, but without any
error checking. *fd* should be a valid file descriptor. The function should
only be called from the main thread.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.5
- On Windows, the function now only supports socket handles.
-
.. c:function:: PyObject* PyErr_NewException(char *name, PyObject *base, PyObject *dict)
diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index cda228b..a97ce66 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -308,8 +308,6 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
a library to wakeup a poll or select call, allowing the signal to be fully
processed.
- On Windows, the function only supports socket handles.
-
The old wakeup fd is returned. *fd* must be non-blocking. It is up to the
library to remove any bytes before calling poll or select again.
@@ -320,9 +318,6 @@ The :mod:`signal` module defines the following functions:
attempting to call it from other threads will cause a :exc:`ValueError`
exception to be raised.
- .. versionchanged:: 3.5
- On Windows, the function now only supports socket handles.
-
.. function:: siginterrupt(signalnum, flag)