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Clarify wording on daemon threads
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6 changes: 4 additions & 2 deletions Doc/library/threading.rst
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Expand Up @@ -310,8 +310,10 @@ If the :meth:`~Thread.run` method raises an exception,
:func:`threading.excepthook` is called to handle it. By default,
:func:`threading.excepthook` ignores silently :exc:`SystemExit`.

A thread can be flagged as a "daemon thread". The significance of this flag is
that the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left. The
A thread can be flagged as a "daemon thread". A thread with this flag is shut
down when the main thread and all other non-daemon threads end.
This means a Python program runs as long as non-daemon threads (such as the main
thread) are running, and exits when only daemon threads are left. The
initial value is inherited from the creating thread. The flag can be set
through the :attr:`~Thread.daemon` property or the *daemon* constructor
argument.
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