, we get a warning when a signal arrives msg = ('Exception ignored when trying to {action} ' 'to the signal wakeup fd') signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno()) with captured_stderr() as err: signal.raise_signal(signum) err = err.getvalue() if msg not in err: raise AssertionError("first set_wakeup_fd() test failed, " "stderr: %r" % err) # And also if warn_on_full_buffer=True signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno(), warn_on_full_buffer=True) with captured_stderr() as err: signal.raise_signal(signum) err = err.getvalue() if msg not in err: raise AssertionError("set_wakeup_fd(warn_on_full_buffer=True) " "test failed, stderr: %r" % err) # But not if warn_on_full_buffer=False signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno(), warn_on_full_buffer=False) with captured_stderr() as err: signal.raise_signal(signum) err = err.getvalue() if err != "": raise AssertionError("set_wakeup_fd(warn_on_full_buffer=False) " "test failed, stderr: %r" % err) # And then check the default again, to make sure warn_on_full_buffer # settings don't leak across calls. signal.set_wakeup_fd(write.fileno()) with captured_stderr() as err: signal.raise_signal(signum) err = err.getvalue() if msg not in err: raise AssertionError("second set_wakeup_fd() test failed, " "stderr: %r" % err) r