[ 912943 ] 7.5.6 Thread Objects is too vague

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Georg Brandl 2005-07-17 21:00:26 +00:00
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@ -594,7 +594,12 @@ unhandled exception -- or until the optional timeout occurs.
When the \var{timeout} argument is present and not \code{None}, it
should be a floating point number specifying a timeout for the
operation in seconds (or fractions thereof).
operation in seconds (or fractions thereof). As \method{join()} always
returns \code{None}, you must call \method{isAlive()} to decide whether
a timeout happened.
When the \var{timeout} argument is not present or \code{None}, the
operation will block until the thread terminates.
A thread can be \method{join()}ed many times.