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authorMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-08-31 03:40:59 (GMT)
committerMartin Panter <vadmium>2015-08-31 03:40:59 (GMT)
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Issue #24952: Clarify default argument of stack_size() in threading, thread
Patch from Mattip.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc')
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/thread.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/threading.rst3
2 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/thread.rst b/Doc/library/thread.rst
index 8a625f8..f1cee24 100644
--- a/Doc/library/thread.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/thread.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@ It defines the following constant and functions:
Return the thread stack size used when creating new threads. The optional
*size* argument specifies the stack size to be used for subsequently created
threads, and must be 0 (use platform or configured default) or a positive
- integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If changing the thread stack size is
+ integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If *size* is not specified,
+ 0 is used. If changing the thread stack size is
unsupported, the :exc:`error` exception is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32kB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 04a6ebe..ccb922b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@ This module defines the following functions and objects:
Return the thread stack size used when creating new threads. The optional
*size* argument specifies the stack size to be used for subsequently created
threads, and must be 0 (use platform or configured default) or a positive
- integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If changing the thread stack size is
+ integer value of at least 32,768 (32 KiB). If *size* is not specified,
+ 0 is used. If changing the thread stack size is
unsupported, a :exc:`ThreadError` is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32kB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient