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diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index 9ffd5cd581..f80eb22e18 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -280,6 +280,8 @@ since it is impossible to detect the termination of alien threads. base class constructor (``Thread.__init__()``) before doing anything else to the thread. + Daemon threads must not be used in subinterpreters. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 Added the *daemon* argument. @@ -294,6 +296,12 @@ since it is impossible to detect the termination of alien threads. This method will raise a :exc:`RuntimeError` if called more than once on the same thread object. + Raise a :exc:`RuntimeError` if the thread is a daemon thread and the + method is called from a subinterpreter. + + .. versionchanged:: 3.9 + In a subinterpreter, spawning a daemon thread now raises an exception. + .. method:: run() Method representing the thread's activity. |