From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Tue, 9 Jun 1998 15:42:25 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: Clarify the type of the signal handler.
X-Git-Tag: v1.5.2a1~504
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=52481484e6183a208184994cb070754a03037e84;p=python

Clarify the type of the signal handler.
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex
index 49eb62e919..4a8b3b4bcb 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libsignal.tex
@@ -125,7 +125,8 @@ The \module{signal} module defines the following functions:
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{signal}{signalnum, handler}
   Set the handler for signal \var{signalnum} to the function
-  \var{handler}.  \var{handler} can be any callable Python object, or
+  \var{handler}.  \var{handler} can be a callable Python object
+  taking two arguments (see below), or
   one of the special values \constant{signal.SIG_IGN} or
   \constant{signal.SIG_DFL}.  The previous signal handler will be returned
   (see the description of \function{getsignal()} above).  (See the