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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2013-02-15 20:27:18 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2013-02-15 20:27:18 (GMT) |
| commit | 38b82543f7f38d7e23586e6773e0e114d335f22d (patch) | |
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Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index 4a01211..e30f0e3 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -244,6 +244,12 @@ is that the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left. The initial value is inherited from the creating thread. The flag can be set through the :attr:`~Thread.daemon` property. +.. note:: + Daemon threads are abruptly stopped at shutdown. Their resources (such + as open files, database transactions, etc.) may not be released properly. + If you want your threads to stop gracefully, make them non-daemonic and + use a suitable signalling mechanism such as an :class:`Event`. + There is a "main thread" object; this corresponds to the initial thread of control in the Python program. It is not a daemon thread. |