Index: Doc/ACKS.txt =================================================================== --- Doc/ACKS.txt (revision 87331) +++ Doc/ACKS.txt (working copy) @@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ * Andrew M. Kuchling * Dave Kuhlman * Erno Kuusela + * Ross Lagerwall * Thomas Lamb * Detlef Lannert * Piers Lauder Index: Doc/library/subprocess.rst =================================================================== --- Doc/library/subprocess.rst (revision 87331) +++ Doc/library/subprocess.rst (working copy) @@ -132,6 +132,11 @@ *stderr* can be :data:`STDOUT`, which indicates that the stderr data from the applications should be captured into the same file handle as for stdout. + .. note:: + On Windows, a :term:`file object` created from :meth:`socket.socket.makefile` + cannot be used as *stdin*, *stdout* or *stderr*. If one of *stdin*, *stdout* + or *stderr* is not valid, an IOError will be thrown. + If *preexec_fn* is set to a callable object, this object will be called in the child process just before the child is executed. (Unix only)