[issue8262] bad wording in error message attempting to start a Thread twice

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Fixed in r79817, r79819 and r79821. Thanks for the report and the patch, Gabriel. -- resolution: accepted -> fixed status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker __

[issue8262] bad wording in error message attempting to start a Thread twice

Senthil Kumaran added the comment: Yes, the proposed wording is more suitable in the scenarios when the error is encountered. Also saw there is already a test (test_start_thread_again), which covers this. There is no harm in changing the wording. -- assignee: -> orsenthil nosy: +orse

[issue8262] bad wording in error message attempting to start a Thread twice

New submission from Gabriel Genellina : Steve Holden, in , about the RuntimeError you get when a Thread object is started twice: «"thread already started" implies that the thread is running, but you actually get the same message if y