diff --git a/Doc/library/_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_thread.rst index 81f0cac947f..5fd604c0538 100644 --- a/Doc/library/_thread.rst +++ b/Doc/library/_thread.rst @@ -213,9 +213,8 @@ In addition to these methods, lock objects can also be used via the .. index:: pair: module; signal -* Threads interact strangely with interrupts: the :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` - exception will be received by an arbitrary thread. (When the :mod:`signal` - module is available, interrupts always go to the main thread.) +* Interrupts always go to the main thread (the :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` + exception will be received by that thread.) * Calling :func:`sys.exit` or raising the :exc:`SystemExit` exception is equivalent to calling :func:`_thread.exit`. @@ -229,7 +228,3 @@ In addition to these methods, lock objects can also be used via the :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`finally` clauses or executing object destructors. -* When the main thread exits, it does not do any of its usual cleanup (except - that :keyword:`try` ... :keyword:`finally` clauses are honored), and the - standard I/O files are not flushed. -