[issue17208] add note/warning about daemon threads
New submission from Antoine Pitrou: People are generally not aware of the properties of daemon threads. I suggest to add a note such as the following: « 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 Event. » -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 182133 nosy: docs@python, pitrou, sbt priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: add note/warning about daemon threads type: behavior versions: Python 2.7, Python 3.2, Python 3.3, Python 3.4 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17208 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue17208] add note/warning about daemon threads
Tim Golden added the comment: +1 This is essentially the answer to the naive user's question: Why would anyone *not* use daemon threads given that they're less hassle to manage? -- nosy: +tim.golden ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17208 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue17208] add note/warning about daemon threads
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset e63c4bc81d9f by Antoine Pitrou in branch '2.7': Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e63c4bc81d9f -- nosy: +python-dev ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17208 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue17208] add note/warning about daemon threads
Roundup Robot added the comment: New changeset 8753a3be4a3c by Antoine Pitrou in branch '3.2': Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8753a3be4a3c New changeset 917ae89e59ce by Antoine Pitrou in branch '3.3': Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/917ae89e59ce New changeset 8b85f10b5341 by Antoine Pitrou in branch 'default': Issue #17208: add a note about the termination behaviour of daemon threads. http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/8b85f10b5341 -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17208 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue17208] add note/warning about daemon threads
Antoine Pitrou added the comment: Committed. -- resolution: - fixed stage: - committed/rejected status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue17208 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
