On 2017/01/30 13:13:36, berkerpeksag wrote:

I agree that the current wording is not ideal. What about

If *timeout* is a float then the call waits for at most that many

If *timeout* is -1 (the default) then it will wait for an unlimited

seconds. period. The patch you attached is fine to me. I was just pointing out that there is a missing dot after "(float)". If in addition you integrate with your last sentence (If *timeout* is -1 (the default) then it will wait for an unlimited period.), maybe it would also be better. https://bugs.python.org/review/29247/