[issue1873] threading.Thread.join() description could be more explicit

Georg Brandl added the comment: Committed r60083. -- resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___ Python-b

[issue1873] threading.Thread.join() description could be more explicit

Changes by Christian Heimes: -- assignee: -> georg.brandl keywords: +easy nosy: +georg.brandl priority: -> low versions: +Python 2.6 -Python 2.5 __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___

[issue1873] threading.Thread.join() description could be more explicit

New submission from Roy Smith: At http://docs.python.org/lib/thread-objects.html, under join(), it says: "As join() always returns None, you must call isAlive() to decide whether a timeout happened." This would be better if it were more explicit, i.e. "As join() always returns None, you must