Issue #12196: Add a note on os.pipe2() in the "Whats' new in Python 3.3"

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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
index 2b9bd11d7dc61a55e46bf5b818526f4404b2b0bc..a2d3af1722842684b072c85f170841a6f43e5f59 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -106,6 +106,11 @@ connection when done::
 os
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+* The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.pipe2` function that makes it
+  possible to create a pipe with :data:`~os.O_CLOEXEC` or
+  :data:`~os.O_NONBLOCK` flags set atomically. This is especially useful to
+  avoid race conditions in multi-threaded programs.
+
 * The :mod:`os` module has a new :func:`~os.sendfile` function which provides
   an efficent "zero-copy" way for copying data from one file (or socket)
   descriptor to another. The phrase "zero-copy" refers to the fact that all of