From 1c697a56ba208665ed3db5c6bae48774cc7f552d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Berker Peksag Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 15:45:32 +0300 Subject: [PATCH] Issue #20100: Clarify that passing flags to epoll() has no effect --- Doc/library/select.rst | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst index 6cec9f764b..a465d25d8a 100644 --- a/Doc/library/select.rst +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst @@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ The module defines the following: (Only supported on Linux 2.5.44 and newer.) Return an edge polling object, which can be used as Edge or Level Triggered interface for I/O - events. *sizehint* is deprecated and completely ignored. *flags* can be set - to :const:`EPOLL_CLOEXEC`, which causes the epoll descriptor to be closed - automatically when :func:`os.execve` is called. + events. *sizehint* and *flags* are deprecated and completely ignored. See the :ref:`epoll-objects` section below for the methods supported by epolling objects. @@ -77,6 +75,10 @@ The module defines the following: Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added. The new file descriptor is now non-inheritable. + .. deprecated:: 3.4 + The *flags* parameter. ``select.EPOLL_CLOEXEC`` is used by default now. + Use :func:`os.set_inheritable` to make the file descriptor inheritable. + .. function:: poll() -- 2.40.0