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  r81440 | georg.brandl | 2010-05-21 23:47:05 +0200 (Fr, 21 Mai 2010) | 1 line

  Correct info for Semaphore.acquire() semantics under OSX.
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@ -836,7 +836,7 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`.
A bounded semaphore object: a clone of :class:`threading.BoundedSemaphore`.
(On Mac OS X this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because
(On Mac OS X, this is indistinguishable from :class:`Semaphore` because
``sem_getvalue()`` is not implemented on that platform).
.. class:: Condition([lock])
@ -872,9 +872,8 @@ object -- see :ref:`multiprocessing-managers`.
specifies a timeout in seconds. If *block* is ``False`` then *timeout* is
ignored.
.. note::
On OS/X ``sem_timedwait`` is unsupported, so timeout arguments for the
aforementioned :meth:`acquire` methods will be ignored on OS/X.
On Mac OS X, ``sem_timedwait`` is unsupported, so calling ``acquire()`` with
a timeout will emulate that function's behavior using a sleeping loop.
.. note::