Issue #23485: select.poll.poll() is now retried when interrupted by a signal

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/Doc/library/select.rst b/Doc/library/select.rst
index 7fe09cbe29..26e74c70b7 100644
--- a/Doc/library/select.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/select.rst
@@ -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:
 
diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
index 3f70a94466..07776c11b0 100644
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.5.rst
@@ -621,7 +621,7 @@ Changes in the Python API
 
   - :func:`os.open`, :func:`open`
   - :func:`os.read`, :func:`os.write`
-  - :func:`select.select`
+  - :func:`select.select`, :func:`select.poll.poll`
   - :func:`time.sleep`
 
 * Before Python 3.5, a :class:`datetime.time` object was considered to be false