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  r78517 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 10:36:09 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines

  Issue #7481: When a threading.Thread failed to start it would leave the
  instance stuck in initial state and present in threading.enumerate().
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diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -711,6 +711,9 @@
 - The os.get_exec_path() function to return the list of directories that will
   be searched for an executable when launching a subprocess was added.
 
+- Issue #7481: When a threading.Thread failed to start it would leave the
+  instance stuck in initial state and present in threading.enumerate().
+
 Extension Modules
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