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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst | 12 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/_thread.rst | 8 |
2 files changed, 12 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst index 79e6f97a44..13e00b5448 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/exceptions.rst @@ -516,13 +516,13 @@ Signal Handling single: SIGINT single: KeyboardInterrupt (built-in exception) - This function simulates the effect of a :const:`SIGINT` signal arriving --- the - next time :c:func:`PyErr_CheckSignals` is called, :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` will - be raised. It may be called without holding the interpreter lock. - - .. % XXX This was described as obsolete, but is used in - .. % _thread.interrupt_main() (used from IDLE), so it's still needed. + Simulate the effect of a :const:`SIGINT` signal arriving. The next time + :c:func:`PyErr_CheckSignals` is called, the Python signal handler for + :const:`SIGINT` will be called. + If :const:`SIGINT` isn't handled by Python (it was set to + :data:`signal.SIG_DFL` or :data:`signal.SIG_IGN`), this function does + nothing. .. c:function:: int PySignal_SetWakeupFd(int fd) diff --git a/Doc/library/_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_thread.rst index acffabf24b..d1c28f479e 100644 --- a/Doc/library/_thread.rst +++ b/Doc/library/_thread.rst @@ -53,8 +53,12 @@ This module defines the following constants and functions: .. function:: interrupt_main() - Raise a :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception in the main thread. A subthread can - use this function to interrupt the main thread. + Simulate the effect of a :data:`signal.SIGINT` signal arriving in the main + thread. A thread can use this function to interrupt the main thread. + + If :data:`signal.SIGINT` isn't handled by Python (it was set to + :data:`signal.SIG_DFL` or :data:`signal.SIG_IGN`), this function does + nothing. .. function:: exit() |