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Title: threading is_alive documnetation is unclear
Type: Stage:
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 2.7, Python 2.6, Python 2.5
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: bbrazil, brett.cannon, docs@python
Priority: normal Keywords: patch

Created on 2010-07-23 11:19 by bbrazil, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

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File name Uploaded Description Edit
threading-roughly-doc-fix.patch bbrazil, 2010-07-23 11:30 Clarification of threading is_alive docs.
Messages (3)
msg111278 - (view) Author: Brian Brazil (bbrazil) * Date: 2010-07-23 11:19
http://docs.python.org/py3k/library/threading.html

"Roughly, a thread is alive from the moment the start() method returns until its run() method terminates."

Using "Roughly" in relation to threading is a bit unspecific. I've had a look through _bootstrap_inner() and attached a patch to clarify this.
msg111281 - (view) Author: Brian Brazil (bbrazil) * Date: 2010-07-23 11:30
Here's a slightly cleaner version.
msg111296 - (view) Author: Brett Cannon (brett.cannon) * (Python committer) Date: 2010-07-23 12:30
3.2: 83080
3.1: 83081
2.7: 83082
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:04adminsetgithub: 53585
2010-07-23 12:30:36brett.cannonsetstatus: open -> closed

nosy: + brett.cannon
messages: + msg111296

resolution: fixed
2010-07-23 11:30:28bbrazilsetfiles: + threading-roughly-doc-fix.patch

messages: + msg111281
2010-07-23 11:29:52bbrazilsetfiles: - threading-roughly-doc-fix.patch
2010-07-23 11:19:27bbrazilcreate