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changeset: 103632:9023c4f5d467 branch: 3.5 parent: 103626:65a1abf4b432 user: Berker Peksag berker.peksag@gmail.com date: Sun Sep 11 15:45:32 2016 +0300 files: Doc/library/select.rst description: Issue #20100: Clarify that passing flags to epoll() has no effect diff -r 65a1abf4b432 -r 9023c4f5d467 Doc/library/select.rst --- a/Doc/library/select.rst Sun Sep 11 13:15:06 2016 +0100 +++ b/Doc/library/select.rst Sun Sep 11 15:45:32 2016 +0300 @@ -57,9 +57,7 @@ (Only supported on Linux 2.5.44 and newer.) Return an edge polling object, which can be used as Edge or Level Triggered interface for I/O - events. *sizehint* is deprecated and completely ignored. *flags* can be set - to :const:`EPOLL_CLOEXEC`, which causes the epoll descriptor to be closed - automatically when :func:`os.execve` is called. + events. *sizehint* and *flags* are deprecated and completely ignored. See the :ref:`epoll-objects` section below for the methods supported by epolling objects. @@ -77,6 +75,10 @@ Support for the :keyword:`with` statement was added. The new file descriptor is now non-inheritable. + .. deprecated:: 3.4 + The *flags* parameter. ``select.EPOLL_CLOEXEC`` is used by default now. + Use :func:`os.set_inheritable` to make the file descriptor inheritable. + .. function:: poll() /berker.peksag@gmail.com