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| author | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2009-10-30 17:25:12 (GMT) |
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| committer | Antoine Pitrou <solipsis@pitrou.net> | 2009-10-30 17:25:12 (GMT) |
| commit | 65c9c6426b719d885f12938a2c5ab938558406ab (patch) | |
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r75958 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-10-30 18:07:08 +0100 (ven., 30 oct. 2009) | 7 lines
Issue #7222: Make thread "reaping" more reliable so that reference
leak-chasing test runs give sensible results. The previous method of
reaping threads could return successfully while some Thread objects were
still referenced. This also introduces a new private function:
:func:hread._count().
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diff --git a/Doc/library/_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_thread.rst index cb62407..373b1b0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/_thread.rst +++ b/Doc/library/_thread.rst @@ -103,6 +103,19 @@ It defines the following constant and functions: Availability: Windows, systems with POSIX threads. +.. function:: _count() + + Return the number of currently running Python threads, excluding the main + thread. The returned number comprises all threads created through + :func:`start_new_thread` as well as :class:`threading.Thread`, and not + yet finished. + + This function is meant for internal and specialized purposes only. In + most applications :func:`threading.enumerate()` should be used instead. + + .. versionadded:: 3.2 + + Lock objects have the following methods: |