From: Fred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>
Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 03:22:57 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: backport 1.17, 1.18 from the trunk: PyErr_SetInterrupt not Obsolete
X-Git-Tag: v2.3.4c1~10
X-Git-Url: http://git.ipfire.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e6f36ad4fdc5eb9cefce1c63099424b423a7c499;p=thirdparty%2FPython%2Fcpython.git

backport 1.17, 1.18 from the trunk: PyErr_SetInterrupt not Obsolete
(closes SF patch #919299)
---

diff --git a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
index f98b644896c2..5236a72c103d 100644
--- a/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
+++ b/Doc/api/exceptions.tex
@@ -299,12 +299,14 @@ for each thread.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{void}{PyErr_SetInterrupt}{}
-  This function is obsolete.  It simulates the effect of a
+  This function simulates the effect of a
   \constant{SIGINT}\ttindex{SIGINT} signal arriving --- the next time
   \cfunction{PyErr_CheckSignals()} is called,
   \withsubitem{(built-in exception)}{\ttindex{KeyboardInterrupt}}
   \exception{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.
 \end{cfuncdesc}
 
 \begin{cfuncdesc}{PyObject*}{PyErr_NewException}{char *name,