Steve Dower <steve.dower@python.org> added the comment: I think the docs are too specific about the mechanism used here - if we document *how* it works then we may not be able to make it work correctly (with a different mechanic) on a different platform. ---------- nosy: +steve.dower _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue30974> _______________________________________