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Rollup merge of rust-lang#80169 - frewsxcv:frewsxcv-docs-fix, r=jyn514
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Recommend panic::resume_unwind instead of panicking.

Fixes rust-lang#79950.
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JohnTitor authored Jan 14, 2021
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19 changes: 12 additions & 7 deletions library/std/src/thread/mod.rs
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Expand Up @@ -1186,32 +1186,37 @@ impl fmt::Debug for Thread {
/// the [`Error`](crate::error::Error) trait.
///
/// Thus, a sensible way to handle a thread panic is to either:
/// 1. `unwrap` the `Result<T>`, propagating the panic
///
/// 1. propagate the panic with [`std::panic::resume_unwind`]
/// 2. or in case the thread is intended to be a subsystem boundary
/// that is supposed to isolate system-level failures,
/// match on the `Err` variant and handle the panic in an appropriate way.
/// match on the `Err` variant and handle the panic in an appropriate way
///
/// A thread that completes without panicking is considered to exit successfully.
///
/// # Examples
///
/// Matching on the result of a joined thread:
///
/// ```no_run
/// use std::thread;
/// use std::fs;
/// use std::{fs, thread, panic};
///
/// fn copy_in_thread() -> thread::Result<()> {
/// thread::spawn(move || { fs::copy("foo.txt", "bar.txt").unwrap(); }).join()
/// thread::spawn(|| {
/// fs::copy("foo.txt", "bar.txt").unwrap();
/// }).join()
/// }
///
/// fn main() {
/// match copy_in_thread() {
/// Ok(_) => println!("this is fine"),
/// Err(_) => println!("thread panicked"),
/// Ok(_) => println!("copy succeeded"),
/// Err(e) => panic::resume_unwind(e),
/// }
/// }
/// ```
///
/// [`Result`]: crate::result::Result
/// [`std::panic::resume_unwind`]: crate::panic::resume_unwind
#[stable(feature = "rust1", since = "1.0.0")]
pub type Result<T> = crate::result::Result<T, Box<dyn Any + Send + 'static>>;

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