From e85ef7a7eacdef2f43e6bf2e67f335100e7ef2da Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Julien Palard Date: Tue, 7 May 2019 17:27:48 +0200 Subject: bpo-28795: Signal documentation: Fix misleading statement. (GH-13121) --- Doc/library/signal.rst | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index ac6cad9..01200b4 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ The :func:`signal.signal` function allows defining custom handlers to be executed when a signal is received. A small number of default handlers are installed: :const:`SIGPIPE` is ignored (so write errors on pipes and sockets can be reported as ordinary Python exceptions) and :const:`SIGINT` is -translated into a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception. +translated into a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception if the parent process +has not changed it. A handler for a particular signal, once set, remains installed until it is explicitly reset (Python emulates the BSD style interface regardless of the -- cgit v0.12