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| author | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-09-26 20:22:44 (GMT) |
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| committer | Berker Peksag <berker.peksag@gmail.com> | 2016-09-26 20:22:44 (GMT) |
| commit | de10dbec778b55edae98aaae095188ef1acd6514 (patch) | |
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Issue #10673: Merge from 3.5
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diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst index 1813eeb..79c5687 100644 --- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst +++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst @@ -496,6 +496,9 @@ The :mod:`multiprocessing` package mostly replicates the API of the If the optional argument *timeout* is ``None`` (the default), the method blocks until the process whose :meth:`join` method is called terminates. If *timeout* is a positive number, it blocks at most *timeout* seconds. + Note that the method returns ``None`` if its process terminates or if the + method times out. Check the process's :attr:`exitcode` to determine if + it terminated. A process can be joined many times. |