[docs] [issue25482] signal.set_wakeup_fd() doesn't work if the signal don't have handler

[Atsuo Ishimoto]

Atsuo Ishimoto added the comment:

Okay, so I think this needed to be documented in signal.set_wakeup_fd(). 

IMO this reduces usefulness of set_wakeup_fd(). If I need to install custom handler by my self, I can write to fd in my own custom handler.

And,  installing custom handler omits existing handler, but we can not execute existing signal handler from python script. In my real-world case, SIGWINCH signal does not delivered to curses library. 

pep-475(https://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0475/#backward-compatibility) claims that 

    "For applications using event loops, signal.set_wakeup_fd() is the recommanded option to handle signals. "

But I think side effect of signal.set_wakeup_fd() is lager than pep-475 authors expected.

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assignee:  -> docs at python
components: +Documentation -Library (Lib)
nosy: +docs at python
resolution: not a bug -> 
status: closed -> open

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