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Title: threading.Thread - start() rises RuntimeException?
Type: behavior Stage: resolved
Components: Documentation Versions: Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 2.7
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Status: closed Resolution: fixed
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Assigned To: docs@python Nosy List: Federico.Culloca, brian.curtin, docs@python
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2011-01-31 19:22 by Federico.Culloca, last changed 2022-04-11 14:57 by admin. This issue is now closed.

Messages (2)
msg127647 - (view) Author: Federico Culloca (Federico.Culloca) Date: 2011-01-31 19:22
In the threading module documentation, about the start() method of the threading.Thread class, it says that, upon calling start() more then once, a RuntimeException is raised. I couldn't find in the whole documentation other references to this "RuntimeException".

Maybe it's RuntimeError?
msg127650 - (view) Author: Brian Curtin (brian.curtin) * (Python committer) Date: 2011-01-31 19:36
Thanks, fixed in r88281. Back porting to the other branches as well.
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:57:12adminsetgithub: 55292
2011-01-31 19:36:18brian.curtinsetstatus: open -> closed

versions: + Python 3.1, Python 3.2
nosy: + brian.curtin

messages: + msg127650
resolution: fixed
stage: resolved
2011-01-31 19:22:22Federico.Cullocacreate