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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/select.rst | 11 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst | 9 |
2 files changed, 17 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index 524e411..f5f90bb 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -58,9 +58,14 @@ The module defines the following: which can be used as Edge or Level Triggered interface for I/O events. *sizehint* is deprecated and completely ignored. *flags* can be set to :const:`EPOLL_CLOEXEC`, which causes the epoll descriptor to be closed - automatically when :func:`os.execve` is called. See section - :ref:`epoll-objects` below for the methods supported by epolling objects. - They also support the :keyword:`with` statement. + automatically when :func:`os.execve` is called. + + See the :ref:`epoll-objects` section below for the methods supported by + epolling objects. + + ``epoll`` objects support the context management protocol: when used in a + :keyword:`with` statement, the new file descriptor is automatically closed + at the end of the block. The new file descriptor is :ref:`non-inheritable <fd_inheritance>`. diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst index 4a097d2..5b68243 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.4.rst @@ -851,6 +851,15 @@ New :func:`resource.prlimit` function and Linux specific constants. (Contributed by Christian Heimes in :issue:`16595` and :issue:`19324`.) +select +------ + +:class:`~select.epoll` objects now support the context management protocol. +When used in a :keyword:`with` statement, the :meth:`~select.epoll.close` +method will be called automatically at the end of the block. (Contributed +by Serhiy Storchaka in :issue:`16488`.) + + shelve ------ |