[Python-checkins] cpython (3.2): Issue #12767: documenting threading.Condition.notify

[eli.bendersky]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/63a24bff6f36
changeset:   73521:63a24bff6f36
branch:      3.2
parent:      73516:80d5040f2a78
user:        Eli Bendersky <eliben at gmail.com>
date:        Sat Nov 12 20:44:25 2011 +0200
summary:
  Issue #12767: documenting threading.Condition.notify

files:
  Doc/library/threading.rst |  19 ++++++++++---------
  1 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -634,20 +634,21 @@
 
       .. versionadded:: 3.2
 
-   .. method:: notify()
+   .. method:: notify(n=1)
 
-      Wake up a thread waiting on this condition, if any.  If the calling thread
-      has not acquired the lock when this method is called, a
+      By default, wake up one thread waiting on this condition, if any.  If the
+      calling thread has not acquired the lock when this method is called, a
       :exc:`RuntimeError` is raised.
 
-      This method wakes up one of the threads waiting for the condition
-      variable, if any are waiting; it is a no-op if no threads are waiting.
+      This method wakes up at most *n* of the threads waiting for the condition
+      variable; it is a no-op if no threads are waiting.
 
-      The current implementation wakes up exactly one thread, if any are
-      waiting.  However, it's not safe to rely on this behavior.  A future,
-      optimized implementation may occasionally wake up more than one thread.
+      The current implementation wakes up exactly *n* threads, if at least *n*
+      threads are waiting.  However, it's not safe to rely on this behavior.
+      A future, optimized implementation may occasionally wake up more than
+      *n* threads.
 
-      Note: the awakened thread does not actually return from its :meth:`wait`
+      Note: an awakened thread does not actually return from its :meth:`wait`
       call until it can reacquire the lock.  Since :meth:`notify` does not
       release the lock, its caller should.
 

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