[Python-checkins] cpython (3.3): Issue #14206: Clarify docs for Queue.join_cancel_thread().
richard.oudkerk
python-checkins at python.org
Tue Jul 2 14:02:33 CEST 2013
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9746f217a270
changeset: 84426:9746f217a270
branch: 3.3
parent: 84423:57fe80fda9be
user: Richard Oudkerk <shibturn at gmail.com>
date: Tue Jul 02 12:59:55 2013 +0100
summary:
Issue #14206: Clarify docs for Queue.join_cancel_thread().
files:
Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst | 7 +++++++
1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
--- a/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst
@@ -659,6 +659,13 @@
the background thread from being joined automatically when the process
exits -- see :meth:`join_thread`.
+ A better name for this method might be
+ ``allow_exit_without_flush()``. It is likely to cause enqueued
+ data to lost, and you almost certainly will not need to use it.
+ It is really only there if you need the current process to exit
+ immediately without waiting to flush enqueued data to the
+ underlying pipe, and you don't care about lost data.
+
.. class:: SimpleQueue()
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