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@@ -643,12 +643,12 @@ impossible to detect the termination of alien threads.
constructor.
-.. method:: Thread.get_ident()
+.. attribute:: Thread.ident
- Return the 'thread identifier' of this thread or None if the thread has not
- been started. This is a nonzero integer. See the :func:`thread.get_ident()`
+ The 'thread identifier' of this thread or ``None`` if the thread has not been
+ started. This is a nonzero integer. See the :func:`thread.get_ident()`
function. Thread identifiers may be recycled when a thread exits and another
- thread is created. The identifier is returned even after the thread has
+ thread is created. The identifier is available even after the thread has
exited.