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r75969 | antoine.pitrou | 2009-10-30 23:19:09 +0100 (ven., 30 oct. 2009) | 5 lines
Remove official documentation entry for thread._count() and make the
docstring more descriptive instead.
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diff --git a/Modules/_threadmodule.c b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
index 81e8984..fe63c4b 100644
--- a/Modules/_threadmodule.c
+++ b/Modules/_threadmodule.c
@@ -616,8 +616,14 @@
PyDoc_STRVAR(_count_doc,
"_count() -> integer\n\
\n\
-Return the number of currently running (sub)threads.\n\
-This excludes the main thread.");
+\
+Return the number of currently running Python threads, excluding \n\
+the main thread. The returned number comprises all threads created\n\
+through `start_new_thread()` as well as `threading.Thread`, and not\n\
+yet finished.\n\
+\n\
+This function is meant for internal and specialized purposes only.\n\
+In most applications `threading.enumerate()` should be used instead.");
static PyObject *
thread_stack_size(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)