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r65818 | benjamin.peterson | 2008-08-18 11:40:03 -0500 (Mon, 18 Aug 2008) | 4 lines
change threading.getIdent to a property
This is new in 2.6 so now need to worry about backwards compatibility :)
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diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst
index 3c5fefd..9e41412 100644
--- a/Doc/library/threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst
@@ -643,12 +643,12 @@
constructor.
-.. method:: Thread.get_ident()
+.. attribute:: Thread.ident
- Return the 'thread identifier' of this thread or None if the thread has not
- been started. This is a nonzero integer. See the :func:`thread.get_ident()`
+ The 'thread identifier' of this thread or ``None`` if the thread has not been
+ started. This is a nonzero integer. See the :func:`thread.get_ident()`
function. Thread identifiers may be recycled when a thread exits and another
- thread is created. The identifier is returned even after the thread has
+ thread is created. The identifier is available even after the thread has
exited.