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| author | Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington@users.noreply.github.com> | 2021-05-11 18:19:27 (GMT) |
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| committer | GitHub <noreply@github.com> | 2021-05-11 18:19:27 (GMT) |
| commit | 7bef7a180da56e0399f4dec2c992bb101470fc73 (patch) | |
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bpo-25821: Fix inaccuracy in threading.enumerate/is_alive documentation (GH-23192) (#26035)
(cherry picked from commit 12e7d10dfd28d4e26304e2c06b2e41c7418ec6f3)
Co-authored-by: Irit Katriel <iritkatriel@yahoo.com>
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diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index 16f23c3..8c76643 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -121,10 +121,11 @@ This module defines the following functions: .. function:: enumerate() - Return a list of all :class:`Thread` objects currently alive. The list - includes daemonic threads, dummy thread objects created by - :func:`current_thread`, and the main thread. It excludes terminated threads - and threads that have not yet been started. + Return a list of all :class:`Thread` objects currently active. The list + includes daemonic threads and dummy thread objects created by + :func:`current_thread`. It excludes terminated threads and threads + that have not yet been started. However, the main thread is always part + of the result, even when terminated. .. function:: main_thread() |