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Title: multiprocessing.Process.join: timeout argument doesn't specify time unit.
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.3
process
Status: closed Resolution: fixed
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: docs@python, neologix, petri.lehtinen, pyfex, python-dev
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2011-04-06 15:14 by pyfex, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
join-timeout-doc-improvement.patch pyfex, 2011-04-06 15:14 mention, that the timeout argument should be given in seconds. review
Messages (4)
msg133142 - (view) Author: Patrick Sabin (pyfex) Date: 2011-04-06 15:14
The documentation of multiprocessing.Process.join doesn't tell the user
of which time unit the timeout argument is. It seems to be seconds.
msg137822 - (view) Author: Petri Lehtinen (petri.lehtinen) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-06-07 13:16
The patch looks good to me and applies cleanly on top of 3.3 and 2.7.
msg141099 - (view) Author: Roundup Robot (python-dev) (Python triager) Date: 2011-07-25 16:36
New changeset 8d67fd820627 by Charles-François Natali in branch 'default':
Issue #11784: Improve multiprocessing.Process.join() documentation. Patch by
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8d67fd820627
msg141100 - (view) Author: Charles-François Natali (neologix) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-07-25 16:38
Committed to default.
Patrick, thanks for the patch!
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:15adminsetgithub: 55993
2011-07-25 16:38:15neologixsetstatus: open -> closed

versions: - Python 2.7
nosy: + neologix

messages: + msg141100
resolution: fixed
stage: patch review -> resolved
2011-07-25 16:36:15python-devsetnosy: + python-dev
messages: + msg141099
2011-07-24 17:54:36petri.lehtinensetstage: patch review
2011-06-07 13:16:11petri.lehtinensetnosy: + petri.lehtinen

messages: + msg137822
versions: + Python 2.7, Python 3.3
2011-04-06 15:14:51pyfexcreate