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authorVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2011-07-08 02:14:55 +0200
committerVictor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com>2011-07-08 02:14:55 +0200
commit8703be94b197ca7fdec8270705bbfefae232ee5b (patch)
treeb51607de7b34b218918f3329d8c55f7f5a40a648
parentba8b3a2ca7a43684cf67b174a4b245b8ba596a5c (diff)
downloadcpython-git-8703be94b197ca7fdec8270705bbfefae232ee5b.tar.gz
Issue #12423: Fix os.abort() documentation
The Python signal handler for SIGABRT is not called on os.abort() (only if the signal is raised manually or sent by another process). Patch by Kamil Kisiel.
-rw-r--r--Doc/ACKS.txt3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/os.rst5
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/ACKS.txt b/Doc/ACKS.txt
index 2aa031607e..58896b0e79 100644
--- a/Doc/ACKS.txt
+++ b/Doc/ACKS.txt
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
* Robert Kern
* Jim Kerr
* Jan Kim
+ * Kamil Kisiel
* Greg Kochanski
* Guido Kollerie
* Peter A. Koren
@@ -139,7 +140,7 @@ docs@python.org), and we'll be glad to correct the problem.
* Ross Moore
* Sjoerd Mullender
* Dale Nagata
- * Michal Nowikowski
+ * Michal Nowikowski
* Ng Pheng Siong
* Koray Oner
* Tomas Oppelstrup
diff --git a/Doc/library/os.rst b/Doc/library/os.rst
index c2ea1be951..c6e32f66a3 100644
--- a/Doc/library/os.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/os.rst
@@ -1666,8 +1666,9 @@ to be ignored.
Generate a :const:`SIGABRT` signal to the current process. On Unix, the default
behavior is to produce a core dump; on Windows, the process immediately returns
- an exit code of ``3``. Be aware that programs which use :func:`signal.signal`
- to register a handler for :const:`SIGABRT` will behave differently.
+ an exit code of ``3``. Be aware that calling this function will not call the
+ Python signal handler registered for :const:`SIGABRT` with
+ :func:`signal.signal`.
Availability: Unix, Windows.