[issue25559] signal.siginterrupt description has typo

2015-11-05 Thread STINNER Victor
STINNER Victor added the comment: For more information on how Python handles signals, you can also read the PEP 475 (which changed how Python 3.5 handles signals ;-)) -- nosy: +haypo ___ Python tracker ___

[issue25559] signal.siginterrupt description has typo

2015-11-05 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: The first phase says "restarted when interrupted", the second phrase says "interrupted". So the difference is whether the system call is restarted or left in interrupted state (ie: the signal will propagate, which is confirmed by the second paragraph). I ca

[issue25559] signal.siginterrupt description has typo

2015-11-05 Thread Tom Meagher
New submission from Tom Meagher: "if flag is False, system calls will be restarted when interrupted by signal signalnum, otherwise system calls will be interrupted." This sentence doesn't make any sense as written. I assume there should be a "not" in there somewhere, but I'm unclear if signal