New submission from etuardu edonan@gmail.com:
The definition of daemon thread in the current documentation reads:
«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. [...]» (http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html#thread-objects)
I think it's not very clear from this that daemon threads themselves terminate when the program (main thread plus other non-daemon threads) terminates. I think this have to be said more explicitly. I'd propose a change with something like:
«A thread can be flagged as a "daemon thread", which means it will get shut down when the overall program terminates. The entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left.»
---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 144691 nosy: docs@python, etuardu priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Unclear behavior of daemon threads on main thread exit type: behavior versions: Python 2.6, Python 2.7, Python 3.1, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4
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