Very small, but,

https://docs.python.org/2/howto/sockets.html
https://docs.python.org/3/howto/sockets.html

have :
while True:
    # accept connections from outside
    (clientsocket, address) = serversocket.accept()
    # now do something with the clientsocket
    # in this case, we'll pretend this is a threaded server
    ct = client_thread(clientsocket)
    ct.run()

and for some reason I really want it to be ct.start()

Based on the paragraph following the example, I don't think client_thread is a threading.Thread, and 'run' is meant to be a generic representation of a possible API.  Since Threads do have a 'run' method, this is certainly potentially confusing.  Maybe we should change it to 'start_thread' or something like that?

Or maybe instead of client_handler/run, it should be something like handle_client_asynchronously(clientsocket).

I could definitely understand that. After all, if it's slightly askew (or
strikes some as such) it forces critical thinking, which is good. I didn't
think calling run() was indicative of the three likely pathways to handle
the client socket in the following paragraph.

I'm indifferent, I just saw something so I said something, but ultimately I
think you guys do a tremendous job keeping this documentation good.

Thanks,

On Fri, Oct 6, 2017 at 10:44 AM, R. David Murray <report@bugs.python.org>
wrote:

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> R. David Murray <rdmurray@bitdance.com> added the comment:
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> Or maybe instead of client_handler/run, it should be something like
> handle_client_asynchronously(clientsocket).
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