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Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads.

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Antoine Pitrou 2013-02-15 21:27:18 +01:00
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@ -247,6 +247,12 @@ that the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left. The
initial value is inherited from the creating thread. The flag can be set
through the :attr:`daemon` property.
.. note::
Daemon threads are abruptly stopped at shutdown. Their resources (such
as open files, database transactions, etc.) may not be released properly.
If you want your threads to stop gracefully, make them non-daemonic and
use a suitable signalling mechanism such as an :class:`Event`.
There is a "main thread" object; this corresponds to the initial thread of
control in the Python program. It is not a daemon thread.