From bb110cc2ed81447fb48805f31146cf31323a8fc3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: mbarkhau Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2019 14:51:06 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Improve threading.daemon docstring (GH-14278) Rephrase and clarify that "the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left". This matches the documentation at https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html#thread-objects. --- Lib/threading.py | 3 +-- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py index 01a15a6fc0..cec9cdb8e6 100644 --- a/Lib/threading.py +++ b/Lib/threading.py @@ -1107,8 +1107,7 @@ class Thread: main thread is not a daemon thread and therefore all threads created in the main thread default to daemon = False. - The entire Python program exits when no alive non-daemon threads are - left. + The entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left. """ assert self._initialized, "Thread.__init__() not called" -- 2.40.0