Deprecate Popen.wait()'s undocumented endtime parameter. issue20572.

72e4777c · Gregory P. Smith · 06e2db2d · 72e4777c
Commit 72e4777c authored Feb 11, 2014 by Gregory P. Smith
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@@ -639,6 +639,11 @@ Instances of the :class:`Popen` class have the following methods:
   .. versionchanged:: 3.3
      *timeout* was added.

+   .. deprecated:: 3.4
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+      Do not use the undocumented *endtime* parameter.  It is was
+      unintentionally exposed in 3.3 but was intended to be private
+      for internal use.  Use *timeout* instead.

 .. method:: Popen.communicate(input=None, timeout=None)