From: Brian Curtin Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2010 19:00:45 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Merged revisions 83745 via svnmerge from X-Git-Tag: v2.7.1rc1~459 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=4d80889d135008174f2be9a223e66d03e6c10b18;p=python Merged revisions 83745 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/branches/py3k ........ r83745 | brian.curtin | 2010-08-05 13:56:00 -0500 (Thu, 05 Aug 2010) | 4 lines Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only with os.kill. ........ --- diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst index 8ac7bee0f0..0f84537988 100644 --- a/Doc/library/signal.rst +++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst @@ -77,7 +77,9 @@ 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:: 2.7 @@ -85,7 +87,9 @@ 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:: 2.7 diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 3876b4aa58..c844ebff77 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -193,6 +193,9 @@ Tests Documentation ------------- +- Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only + with os.kill. + - Issue #9255: Document that the 'test' package is for internal Python use only.