[Python-checkins] cpython (merge 3.3 -> default): Merge: Add multiprocessing.Process.sentinel to whatsnew, mention SSLFakeFile

[r.david.murray]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/76435de68379
changeset:   79406:76435de68379
parent:      79404:5ddc7b3f2795
parent:      79405:9a8c193adf84
user:        R David Murray <rdmurray at bitdance.com>
date:        Tue Oct 02 10:19:48 2012 -0400
summary:
  Merge: Add multiprocessing.Process.sentinel to whatsnew, mention SSLFakeFile removal.

files:
  Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst |  9 +++++++++
  1 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
--- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
+++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.3.rst
@@ -1481,6 +1481,11 @@
 to override the default behavior of inheriting the ``daemon`` flag from
 the parent process (:issue:`6064`).
 
+New attribute attribute :data:`multiprocessing.Process.sentinel` allows a
+program to wait on multiple :class:`~multiprocessing.Process` objects at one
+time using the appropriate OS primitives (for example, :mod:`select` on
+posix systems).
+
 
 nntplib
 -------
@@ -2278,6 +2283,10 @@
 
 * The deprecated variable ``time.accept2dyear`` has been removed.
 
+* The undocumented internal helper class ``SSLFakeFile`` has been
+  removed from :mod:`smtplib`, since its functionality has long been
+  provided directly by :meth:`socket.socket.makefile`.
+
 
 Porting C code
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