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r83745 | brian.curtin | 2010-08-05 13:56:00 -0500 (Thu, 05 Aug 2010) | 4 lines
Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only
with os.kill.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/signal.rst b/Doc/library/signal.rst
index 8ac7bee..0f84537 100644
--- a/Doc/library/signal.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/signal.rst
@@ -77,7 +77,9 @@
.. data:: CTRL_C_EVENT
- The signal corresponding to the CTRL+C keystroke event.
+ The signal corresponding to the CTRL+C keystroke event. This signal can
+ only be used with :func:`os.kill`.
+
Availability: Windows.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
@@ -85,7 +87,9 @@
.. data:: CTRL_BREAK_EVENT
- The signal corresponding to the CTRL+BREAK keystroke event.
+ The signal corresponding to the CTRL+BREAK keystroke event. This signal can
+ only be used with :func:`os.kill`.
+
Availability: Windows.
.. versionadded:: 2.7
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 3876b4a..c844ebf 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -193,6 +193,9 @@
Documentation
-------------
+- Issue #9524: Document that two CTRL* signals are meant for use only
+ with os.kill.
+
- Issue #9255: Document that the 'test' package is for internal Python use
only.