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threading
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-Add a new :func:`threading.excepthook` function which handles uncaught
-:meth:`threading.Thread.run` exception. It can be overridden to control how
-uncaught :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exceptions are handled.
-(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`1230540`.)
+* Add a new :func:`threading.excepthook` function which handles uncaught
+ :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exception. It can be overridden to control how
+ uncaught :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exceptions are handled.
+ (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`1230540`.)
+
+* Add a new
+ :func:`threading.get_native_id` function and a :data:`~threading.Thread.native_id`
+ attribute to the :class:`threading.Thread` class. These return the native
+ integral Thread ID of the current thread assigned by the kernel.
+ This feature is only available on certain platforms, see
+ :func:`get_native_id <threading.get_native_id>` for more information.
+ (Contributed by Jake Tesler in :issue:`36084`.)
tokenize