[Python-checkins] cpython (3.3): Closes #18927: Lock.acquire only accepts -1 or positive values for timeout.

[georg.brandl]

http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/ff5fb419967f
changeset:   86029:ff5fb419967f
branch:      3.3
parent:      86026:b370cd67a677
user:        Georg Brandl <georg at python.org>
date:        Sun Oct 06 10:48:08 2013 +0200
summary:
  Closes #18927: Lock.acquire only accepts -1 or positive values for timeout.

files:
  Doc/library/threading.rst |  2 +-
  1 files changed, 1 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)


diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -378,7 +378,7 @@
 
       When invoked with the floating-point *timeout* argument set to a positive
       value, block for at most the number of seconds specified by *timeout*
-      and as long as the lock cannot be acquired.  A negative *timeout* argument
+      and as long as the lock cannot be acquired.  A *timeout* argument of ``-1``
       specifies an unbounded wait.  It is forbidden to specify a *timeout*
       when *blocking* is false.
 

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