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@@ -659,6 +659,13 @@ For an example of the usage of queues for interprocess communication see
the background thread from being joined automatically when the process
exits -- see :meth:`join_thread`.
+ A better name for this method might be
+ ``allow_exit_without_flush()``. It is likely to cause enqueued
+ data to lost, and you almost certainly will not need to use it.
+ It is really only there if you need the current process to exit
+ immediately without waiting to flush enqueued data to the
+ underlying pipe, and you don't care about lost data.
+
.. class:: SimpleQueue()