.. method:: cancel()
- Attempt to cancel the call. If the call is currently being executed and
- cannot be cancelled then the method will return ``False``, otherwise the
- call will be cancelled and the method will return ``True``.
+ Attempt to cancel the call. If the call is currently being executed or
+ finished running and cannot be cancelled then the method will return
+ ``False``, otherwise the call will be cancelled and the method will
+ return ``True``.
.. method:: cancelled()
Wait for the :class:`Future` instances (possibly created by different
:class:`Executor` instances) given by *fs* to complete. Returns a named
2-tuple of sets. The first set, named ``done``, contains the futures that
- completed (finished or were cancelled) before the wait completed. The second
- set, named ``not_done``, contains uncompleted futures.
+ completed (finished or cancelled futures) before the wait completed. The
+ second set, named ``not_done``, contains the futures that did not complete
+ (pending or running futures).
*timeout* can be used to control the maximum number of seconds to wait before
returning. *timeout* can be an int or float. If *timeout* is not specified
Returns an iterator over the :class:`Future` instances (possibly created by
different :class:`Executor` instances) given by *fs* that yields futures as
- they complete (finished or were cancelled). Any futures given by *fs* that
+ they complete (finished or cancelled futures). Any futures given by *fs* that
are duplicated will be returned once. Any futures that completed before
:func:`as_completed` is called will be yielded first. The returned iterator
raises a :exc:`concurrent.futures.TimeoutError` if :meth:`~iterator.__next__`