diff --git a/Doc/library/threading.rst b/Doc/library/threading.rst index f80eb22e18fca4..7de12fbf9dcd39 100644 --- a/Doc/library/threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/threading.rst @@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ since it is impossible to detect the termination of alien threads. system-wide) from the time the thread is created until the thread has been terminated. - .. availability:: Require :func:`get_native_id` function. + .. availability:: Requires :func:`get_native_id` function. .. versionadded:: 3.8 diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst index 95f25cd1cc52a9..9c591d61767865 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/3.8.rst @@ -763,10 +763,18 @@ in a standardized and extensible format, and offers several other benefits. threading --------- -Add a new :func:`threading.excepthook` function which handles uncaught -:meth:`threading.Thread.run` exception. It can be overridden to control how -uncaught :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exceptions are handled. -(Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`1230540`.) +* Add a new :func:`threading.excepthook` function which handles uncaught + :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exception. It can be overridden to control how + uncaught :meth:`threading.Thread.run` exceptions are handled. + (Contributed by Victor Stinner in :issue:`1230540`.) + +* Add a new + :func:`threading.get_native_id` function and a :data:`~threading.Thread.native_id` + attribute to the :class:`threading.Thread` class. These return the native + integral Thread ID of the current thread assigned by the kernel. + This feature is only available on certain platforms, see + :func:`get_native_id ` for more information. + (Contributed by Jake Tesler in :issue:`36084`.) tokenize