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r67952 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 11:42:40 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4752: actually use custom handler in example.
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r67957 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 12:49:19 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4754: improve winsound documentation.
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r67958 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 13:02:59 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4682: 'b' is actually unsigned char.
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r67960 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 13:04:44 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4695: fix backslashery.
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r67961 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 13:06:04 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Use :samp: role.
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r67963 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-27 13:11:15 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4671: document that pydoc imports modules.
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r67973 | alexandre.vassalotti | 2008-12-27 20:58:22 -0600 (Sat, 27 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
Document Py_VaBuildValue.
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r67978 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-28 05:58:49 -0600 (Sun, 28 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4731: clarify message about missing module prerequisites.
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r67995 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-28 15:16:07 -0600 (Sun, 28 Dec 2008) | 1 line
#4763 PyErr_ExceptionMatches won't blow up with NULL arguments
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r68030 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-12-29 15:38:14 -0600 (Mon, 29 Dec 2008) | 1 line
fix French
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r68057 | vinay.sajip | 2008-12-30 01:01:25 -0600 (Tue, 30 Dec 2008) | 1 line
Minor documentation change relating to NullHandler.
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r68061 | georg.brandl | 2008-12-30 04:15:49 -0600 (Tue, 30 Dec 2008) | 2 lines
#4778: attributes can't be called.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/winsound.rst b/Doc/library/winsound.rst
index dfe3c84..f42ff18 100644
--- a/Doc/library/winsound.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/winsound.rst
@@ -26,8 +26,9 @@
Call the underlying :cfunc:`PlaySound` function from the Platform API. The
*sound* parameter may be a filename, audio data as a string, or ``None``. Its
interpretation depends on the value of *flags*, which can be a bitwise ORed
- combination of the constants described below. If the system indicates an error,
- :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised.
+ combination of the constants described below. If the *sound* parameter is
+ ``None``, any currently playing waveform sound is stopped. If the system
+ indicates an error, :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised.
.. function:: MessageBeep([type=MB_OK])
@@ -102,6 +103,10 @@
Stop playing all instances of the specified sound.
+ .. note::
+
+ This flag is not supported on modern Windows platforms.
+
.. data:: SND_ASYNC