From 3b3e481e0cdcd57da492d71a46e050508e637b37 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2006 09:35:04 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Bug #1402224: Add warning to dl docs about crashes. --- Doc/lib/libdl.tex | 4 ++++ Misc/NEWS | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex index 358f0836a09b..3da4db27525f 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libdl.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libdl.tex @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ The \module{dl} module defines an interface to the \UNIX{} platforms for handling dynamically linked libraries. It allows the program to call arbitrary functions in such a library. +\warning{The \module{dl} module bypasses the Python type system and +error handling. If used incorrectly it may cause segmentation faults, +crashes or other incorrect behaviour.} + \note{This module will not work unless \code{sizeof(int) == sizeof(long) == sizeof(char *)} If this is not the case, \exception{SystemError} will be raised on diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS index 1b456424d8f7..8382e86c5822 100644 --- a/Misc/NEWS +++ b/Misc/NEWS @@ -346,6 +346,8 @@ Build Documentation ------------- +- Bug #1402224: Add warning to dl docs about crashes. + - Bug #1396471: Document that Windows' ftell() can return invalid values for text files with UNIX-style line endings. -- 2.47.3