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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/_thread.rst3
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/threading.rst3
-rw-r--r--Misc/ACKS1
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_thread.rst
index a787e2f..7122861 100644
--- a/Doc/library/_thread.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/_thread.rst
@@ -93,7 +93,8 @@ It defines the following constants 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 (32 KiB). 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:`RuntimeError` is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32 KiB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 5269994..c56d707 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -89,7 +89,8 @@ This module defines the following 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 (32 KiB). 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:`RuntimeError` is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32 KiB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
index 8ab9f77..9af7c98 100644
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -888,6 +888,7 @@ Nick Mathewson
Simon Mathieu
Laura Matson
Graham Matthews
+mattip
Martin Matusiak
Dieter Maurer
Daniel May
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 0b46451..0204090 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -456,6 +456,9 @@ C API
Documentation
-------------
+- Issue #24952: Clarify the default size argument of stack_size() in
+ the "threading" and "_thread" modules. Patch from Mattip.
+
- Issue #24808: Update the types of some PyTypeObject fields. Patch by
Joseph Weston.