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@ -147,15 +147,16 @@ for processing the documentation.
The input format is reStructured Text,
a markup commonly used in the Python community that supports
custom extensions and directives. Sphinx concentrates
on its HTML output, producing attractively styled
and modern HTML. (XXX finish this -- mention new search feature)
on HTML output, producing attractively styled
and modern HTML, but printed output is still supported through
conversion to LaTeX as an output format.
.. seealso::
`Docutils <http://docutils.sf.net>`__: The fundamental
reStructured Text parser and toolset.
`Documenting Python <XXX>`__: Describes how to write for
`Documenting Python <http://docs.python.org/dev/documenting/>`__: Describes how to write for
Python's documentation.
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* The :mod:`sets` module has been deprecated; it's better to
use the built-in :class:`set` and :class:`frozenset` types.
* Integrating signal handling with GUI handling event loops
like those used by Tkinter or GTk+ has long been a problem; most
software ends up polling, waking up every fraction of a second. Thi
The :mod:`signal` module can now make this more efficient.
Calling ``signal.set_wakeup_fd(fd)`` sets a file descriptor
to be used; when a signal is received, a byte is written to that
file descriptor. There's also a C-level function,
:cfunc:`PySignal_SetWakeupFd`, for setting the descriptor.
Event loops will use this by opening a pipe to create two descriptors,
one for reading and one for writing. The writeable descriptor
will be passed to :func:`set_wakeup_fd`, and the readable descriptor
will be added to the list of descriptors monitored by the event loop via
:cfunc:`select` or :cfunc:`poll`.
On receiving a signal, a byte will be written and the main event loop
will be woken up, without the need to poll.
Contributed by Adam Olsen.
.. % Patch 1583
* The :mod:`smtplib` module now supports SMTP over SSL thanks to the
addition of the :class:`SMTP_SSL` class. This class supports an
interface identical to the existing :class:`SMTP` class. Both