Daemon Threads can seg fault

[guettli]

BPO	18675
Nosy	@vstinner

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2019-04-27.10:42:32.572>
created_at = <Date 2013-08-07.09:23:16.708>
labels = ['docs']
title = 'Daemon Threads can seg fault'
updated_at = <Date 2019-04-27.10:42:32.571>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/guettli'

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priority = 'normal'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue18675'
versions = ['Python 2.7']

[guettli]

This is a documentation bug: Since bpo-1856 is not solved for Python2, it needs to be documented.

Daemon Threads on Python2 can seg fault.

Work arounds: http://stackoverflow.com/questions/18098475/detect-interpreter-shut-down-in-daemon-thread

[BreamoreBoy]

@thomas can you provide a patch for this issue?

[guettli]

What kind of patch do you want? Documentation patch or fixing the bug in the interpreter?

I am not a native speaker, that's why I avoid documentation patches.

For me, the issue is solved. It is documented in stackoverflow and here.

Since Python2 will be gone sooner or later, I don't want to invest hours into fixing this at interpreter level.

Should I close the issue?