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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/lib/libthread.tex | 9 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex index 652058d..a2e5b7e 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libthread.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libthread.tex @@ -32,11 +32,10 @@ This is the type of lock objects. \end{datadesc} \begin{funcdesc}{start_new_thread}{function, args\optional{, kwargs}} -Start a new thread. The thread executes the function \var{function} -with the argument list \var{args} (which must be a tuple). The -optional \var{kwargs} argument specifies a dictionary of keyword -arguments. When the -function returns, the thread silently exits. When the function +Start a new thread and return its identifier. The thread executes the function +\var{function} with the argument list \var{args} (which must be a tuple). The +optional \var{kwargs} argument specifies a dictionary of keyword arguments. +When the function returns, the thread silently exits. When the function terminates with an unhandled exception, a stack trace is printed and then the thread exits (but other threads continue to run). \end{funcdesc} |