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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-30 21:38:00 +0200
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@gmail.com>2015-03-30 21:38:00 +0200
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Issue #23485: select.poll.poll() is now retried when interrupted by a signal
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@@ -408,6 +408,12 @@ linearly scanned again. :c:func:`select` is O(highest file descriptor), while
returning. If *timeout* is omitted, negative, or :const:`None`, the call will
block until there is an event for this poll object.
+ .. versionchanged:: 3.5
+ The function is now retried with a recomputed timeout when interrupted by
+ a signal, except if the signal handler raises an exception (see
+ :pep:`475` for the rationale), instead of raising
+ :exc:`InterruptedError`.
+
.. _kqueue-objects: