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diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index c015372..6f3e95b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -615,18 +615,19 @@ impossible to detect the termination of alien threads. When the *timeout* argument is present and not ``None``, it should be a floating point number specifying a timeout for the operation in seconds (or fractions - thereof). As :meth:`join` always returns ``None``, you must call - :meth:`isAlive` to decide whether a timeout happened. + thereof). As :meth:`join` always returns ``None``, you must call :meth:`isAlive` + after :meth:`join` to decide whether a timeout happened -- if the thread is + still alive, the :meth:`join` call timed out. When the *timeout* argument is not present or ``None``, the operation will block until the thread terminates. A thread can be :meth:`join`\ ed many times. - :meth:`join` may throw a :exc:`RuntimeError`, if an attempt is made to join the - current thread as that would cause a deadlock. It is also an error to - :meth:`join` a thread before it has been started and attempts to do so raises - same exception. + :meth:`join` raises a :exc:`RuntimeError` if an attempt is made to join + the current thread as that would cause a deadlock. It is also an error to + :meth:`join` a thread before it has been started and attempts to do so + raises the same exception. .. method:: Thread.getName() |