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diff --git a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst index 24d684a012..9295df8427 100644 --- a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst +++ b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst @@ -293,9 +293,10 @@ The :class:`Future` class encapsulates the asynchronous execution of a callable. .. method:: cancel() - Attempt to cancel the call. If the call is currently being executed and - cannot be cancelled then the method will return ``False``, otherwise the - call will be cancelled and the method will return ``True``. + Attempt to cancel the call. If the call is currently being executed or + finished running and cannot be cancelled then the method will return + ``False``, otherwise the call will be cancelled and the method will + return ``True``. .. method:: cancelled() @@ -401,8 +402,9 @@ Module Functions Wait for the :class:`Future` instances (possibly created by different :class:`Executor` instances) given by *fs* to complete. Returns a named 2-tuple of sets. The first set, named ``done``, contains the futures that - completed (finished or were cancelled) before the wait completed. The second - set, named ``not_done``, contains uncompleted futures. + completed (finished or cancelled futures) before the wait completed. The + second set, named ``not_done``, contains the futures that did not complete + (pending or running futures). *timeout* can be used to control the maximum number of seconds to wait before returning. *timeout* can be an int or float. If *timeout* is not specified @@ -433,7 +435,7 @@ Module Functions Returns an iterator over the :class:`Future` instances (possibly created by different :class:`Executor` instances) given by *fs* that yields futures as - they complete (finished or were cancelled). Any futures given by *fs* that + they complete (finished or cancelled futures). Any futures given by *fs* that are duplicated will be returned once. Any futures that completed before :func:`as_completed` is called will be yielded first. The returned iterator raises a :exc:`concurrent.futures.TimeoutError` if :meth:`~iterator.__next__` |