On Thu, 06 Dec 2012 04:15:08 +1100 Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 06/12/12 03:08, Chris Withers wrote: > > > I'd like to change the docs for poll() to say: > > > > """ > > Check if child process has terminated. > > If it has, the returncode attribute will be set and that value will be > > returned. > > If it has not, None will be returned and the returncode attribute will > > remain None. > > """ > > > > Any objections? > > Possibly because it is 4am here, I had to read this three times to understand > it. > How is this instead? > > """ > Check if child process has terminated. Returns None while the child is still > running, > any non-None value means that the child has terminated. In either case, the > return > value is also available from the instance's returncode attribute. > """
I like this wording. Regards Antoine. _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com
