Use Python 3.x-style keyword only arg in Array()

Previously a Python 2.x compatible hack was used for
multiprocessing.sharedctypes.Array().  Also the documented
signature was wrong.
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Richard Oudkerk 2012-05-29 12:01:47 +01:00
parent 1074a9294b
commit 87ea780e8e
3 changed files with 9 additions and 12 deletions

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@ -953,7 +953,7 @@ Shared :mod:`ctypes` Objects
It is possible to create shared objects using shared memory which can be
inherited by child processes.
.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args[, lock])
.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args, lock=True)
Return a :mod:`ctypes` object allocated from shared memory. By default the
return value is actually a synchronized wrapper for the object.
@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ processes.
attributes which allow one to use it to store and retrieve strings -- see
documentation for :mod:`ctypes`.
.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer, *args[, lock])
.. function:: Array(typecode_or_type, size_or_initializer, *, lock=True)
The same as :func:`RawArray` except that depending on the value of *lock* a
process-safe synchronization wrapper may be returned instead of a raw ctypes
@ -1060,7 +1060,7 @@ processes.
Note that *lock* is a keyword-only argument.
.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args[, lock])
.. function:: Value(typecode_or_type, *args, lock=True)
The same as :func:`RawValue` except that depending on the value of *lock* a
process-safe synchronization wrapper may be returned instead of a raw ctypes