Add a note about queue not being safe for use from signal handlers.

issue14976.
10 years ago · cb3f2c8f97
1 changed files with 5 additions and 0 deletions
--- a/Doc/library/queue.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/queue.rst
@ -186,6 +186,11 @@ Example of how to wait for enqueued tasks to be completed::
        t.join()


+.. note::
+
+   The :mod:`queue` module is not safe for use from :mod:`signal` handlers as
+   it uses :mod:`threading` locks.
+
 .. seealso::

   Class :class:`multiprocessing.Queue`