[Python-checkins] cpython (3.5): Issue #10673: Document that Process.exitcode can be used to determine timeout

[berker.peksag]

https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/112060f8abe8
changeset:   104083:112060f8abe8
branch:      3.5
parent:      104078:e9f34d382eda
user:        Berker Peksag <berker.peksag at gmail.com>
date:        Mon Sep 26 23:22:22 2016 +0300
summary:
  Issue #10673: Document that Process.exitcode can be used to determine timeout

Patch by Tom Clark.

files:
  Doc/library/multiprocessing.rst |  3 +++
  1 files changed, 3 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
@@ -496,6 +496,9 @@
       If the optional argument *timeout* is ``None`` (the default), the method
       blocks until the process whose :meth:`join` method is called terminates.
       If *timeout* is a positive number, it blocks at most *timeout* seconds.
+      Note that the method returns ``None`` if its process terminates or if the
+      method times out.  Check the process's :attr:`exitcode` to determine if
+      it terminated.
 
       A process can be joined many times.
 

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