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diff --git a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst index 9806ae80905..c09e1615a5b 100644 --- a/Doc/library/exceptions.rst +++ b/Doc/library/exceptions.rst @@ -429,7 +429,9 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised. * Creating a new Python thread. * :meth:`Joining <threading.Thread.join>` a running daemon thread. - * :func:`os.fork`. + * :func:`os.fork`, + * acquiring a lock such as :class:`threading.Lock`, when it is known that + the operation would otherwise deadlock. See also the :func:`sys.is_finalizing` function. @@ -440,6 +442,11 @@ The following exceptions are the exceptions that are usually raised. :meth:`threading.Thread.join` can now raise this exception. + .. versionchanged:: next + + This exception may be raised when acquiring :meth:`threading.Lock` + or :meth:`threading.RLock`. + .. exception:: RecursionError This exception is derived from :exc:`RuntimeError`. It is raised when the |