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| author | Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org> | 2016-09-09 12:30:34 -0700 |
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| committer | Gregory P. Smith ext:(%20%5BGoogle%20Inc.%5D) <greg@krypto.org> | 2016-09-09 12:30:34 -0700 |
| commit | cb3f2c8f97d38385fb4672d52b18f4bbbf207348 (patch) | |
| tree | ce1de8acc226c5f78e28f5118873e5783bf4bf3b /Doc/library/queue.rst | |
| parent | 255295f13edb70525aec6c05631eb863de299c9e (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-cb3f2c8f97d38385fb4672d52b18f4bbbf207348.tar.gz | |
Add a note about queue not being safe for use from signal handlers.
issue14976.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/queue.rst b/Doc/library/queue.rst index 1cb0935377..f80385270b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/queue.rst +++ b/Doc/library/queue.rst @@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ Example of how to wait for enqueued tasks to be completed:: t.join() +.. note:: + + The :mod:`queue` module is not safe for use from :mod:`signal` handlers as + it uses :mod:`threading` locks. + .. seealso:: Class :class:`multiprocessing.Queue` |