From f045d775fd900a4cc4da027e37a50ab984d18ce7 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Brian Curtin Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 18:56:00 +0000 Subject: Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only with os.kill. --- Doc/library/signal.rst | 8 ++++++-- Misc/NEWS | 3 +++ 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index 7b40e8e..a3d562b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -76,7 +76,9 @@ The variables defined in the :mod:`signal` module are: .. data:: CTRL_C_EVENT - The signal corresponding to the CTRL+C keystroke event. + The signal corresponding to the CTRL+C keystroke event. This signal can + only be used with :func:`os.kill`. + Availability: Windows. .. versionadded:: 3.2 @@ -84,7 +86,9 @@ The variables defined in the :mod:`signal` module are: .. data:: CTRL_BREAK_EVENT - The signal corresponding to the CTRL+BREAK keystroke event. + The signal corresponding to the CTRL+BREAK keystroke event. This signal can + only be used with :func:`os.kill`. + Availability: Windows. .. versionadded:: 3.2 diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index fe93e4e..abcb9d8 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -1849,6 +1849,9 @@ Build Documentation ------------ +- Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only + with os.kill. + - Issue #9255: Document that the 'test' package is meant for internal Python use only. -- cgit v0.12