[issue28890] logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread

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[issue28890] logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread

Julien Castiaux added the comment: Hello, The purpose of the QueueListener is to provide a way to get messages sent by QueueHandlers. I was starting the QueueListener in is own mp.Process and was expecting the start() to hang. As it was not, the process was exiting logging a few messages or

[issue28890] logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread

New submission from Vinay Sajip : Why does that particularly need documenting? If it were a non-daemon thread, that might need documenting as the program would have to join() it or else seem to hang, but what does it matter if it's a daemon thread? --

[issue28890] logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread

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[issue28890] logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread

Changes by Julien Castiaux : -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation nosy: Julien Castiaux, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: logging.handlers: Document that QueueListener is a daemon thread type: enhancement versions: Python 3.5 __