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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex b/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex index 3526974..33839a4 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libthreading.tex @@ -594,7 +594,12 @@ unhandled exception -- or until the optional timeout occurs. When the \var{timeout} argument is present and not \code{None}, it should be a floating point number specifying a timeout for the -operation in seconds (or fractions thereof). +operation in seconds (or fractions thereof). As \method{join()} always +returns \code{None}, you must call \method{isAlive()} to decide whether +a timeout happened. + +When the \var{timeout} argument is not present or \code{None}, the +operation will block until the thread terminates. A thread can be \method{join()}ed many times. |