[Python-checkins] cpython (2.7): Issue #24952: Clarify default argument of stack_size() in threading, thread
martin.panter
python-checkins at python.org
Mon Aug 31 05:43:48 CEST 2015
https://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/79afd50396c5
changeset: 97560:79afd50396c5
branch: 2.7
parent: 97556:62a3c600f3cf
user: Martin Panter <vadmium>
date: Mon Aug 31 03:40:59 2015 +0000
summary:
Issue #24952: Clarify default argument of stack_size() in threading, thread
Patch from Mattip.
files:
Doc/library/thread.rst | 3 ++-
Doc/library/threading.rst | 3 ++-
Misc/ACKS | 1 +
Misc/NEWS | 3 +++
4 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Doc/library/thread.rst b/Doc/library/thread.rst
--- a/Doc/library/thread.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/thread.rst
@@ -98,7 +98,8 @@
Return the thread stack size used when creating new threads. The optional
*size* argument specifies the stack size to be used for subsequently created
threads, and must be 0 (use platform or configured default) or a positive
- integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If changing the thread stack size is
+ integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If *size* is not specified,
+ 0 is used. If changing the thread stack size is
unsupported, the :exc:`error` exception is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32kB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient
diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -194,7 +194,8 @@
Return the thread stack size used when creating new threads. The optional
*size* argument specifies the stack size to be used for subsequently created
threads, and must be 0 (use platform or configured default) or a positive
- integer value of at least 32,768 (32kB). If changing the thread stack size is
+ integer value of at least 32,768 (32 KiB). If *size* is not specified,
+ 0 is used. If changing the thread stack size is
unsupported, a :exc:`ThreadError` is raised. If the specified stack size is
invalid, a :exc:`ValueError` is raised and the stack size is unmodified. 32kB
is currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient
diff --git a/Misc/ACKS b/Misc/ACKS
--- a/Misc/ACKS
+++ b/Misc/ACKS
@@ -875,6 +875,7 @@
Simon Mathieu
Laura Matson
Graham Matthews
+mattip
Martin Matusiak
Dieter Maurer
Daniel May
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -163,6 +163,9 @@
Documentation
-------------
+- Issue #24952: Clarify the default size argument of stack_size() in
+ the "threading" and "thread" modules. Patch from Mattip.
+
- Issue #20769: Improve reload() docs. Patch by Dorian Pula.
- Issue #23589: Remove duplicate sentence from the FAQ. Patch by Yongzhi Pan.
--
Repository URL: https://hg.python.org/cpython
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