From ecd2afa4523fa11da4e354b126f7b49add0c6af2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Georg Brandl Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2009 11:40:35 +0000 Subject: #5031: fix Thread.daemon property docs. --- Doc/library/threading.rst | 11 ++++++----- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index 85860e5..e6616db 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ changed through the :attr:`name` attribute. A thread can be flagged as a "daemon thread". The significance of this flag is that the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left. The initial value is inherited from the creating thread. The flag can be set -through the :attr:`daemon` attribute. +through the :attr:`daemon` property. There is a "main thread" object; this corresponds to the initial thread of control in the Python program. It is not a daemon thread. @@ -332,10 +332,11 @@ impossible to detect the termination of alien threads. .. attribute:: Thread.daemon - The thread's daemon flag. This must be set before :meth:`start` is called, - otherwise :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised. - - The initial value is inherited from the creating thread. + A boolean value indicating whether this thread is a daemon thread (True) or + not (False). This must be set before :meth:`start` is called, otherwise + :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised. Its initial value is inherited from the + creating thread; the main thread is not a daemon thread and therefore all + threads created in the main thread default to :attr:`daemon` = ``False``. The entire Python program exits when no alive non-daemon threads are left. -- cgit v0.12