[issue24296] Queue documentation note needed

Changes by Raymond Hettinger : -- resolution: -> not a bug status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing

[issue24296] Queue documentation note needed

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: It is normal for daemon threads to not be shut down. That is why they exist. The purpose of Queue.join() is to give other threads a way to know when daemons have finished doing their work (i.e. a print manager thread to indicate that it is done printing)

[issue24296] Queue documentation note needed

Changes by Raymond Hettinger : -- assignee: docs@python -> rhettinger nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list ma

[issue24296] Queue documentation note needed

R. David Murray added the comment: If you know anything about threads you can see that the threads are not explicitly shut down. As a standalone example it is "correct", in that they get shut down at interpreter shutdown. I'm not sure it is appropriate to include what is essentially a thread

[issue24296] Queue documentation note needed

New submission from Sandy Chapman: The example at the bottom of the following page should have a warning added: https://docs.python.org/2/library/queue.html The warning should be such that the user is informed that the threads in the example are not cleaned up and will continue to run. Any fut