Rollup merge of #22604 - aochagavia:docs, r=alexcrichton

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Manish Goregaokar 2015-02-24 07:13:07 +05:30
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/// Spawn a new, returning a join handle for it.
/// Spawn a new thread, returning a `JoinHandle` for it.
///
/// The child thread may outlive the parent (unless the parent thread
/// is the main thread; the whole process is terminated when the main
/// thread finishes.) The join handle can be used to block on
/// termination of the child thread, including recovering its panics.
/// The join handle will implicitly *detach* the child thread upon being
/// dropped. In this case, the child thread may outlive the parent (unless
/// the parent thread is the main thread; the whole process is terminated when
/// the main thread finishes.) Additionally, the join handle provides a `join`
/// method that can be used to join the child thread. If the child thread
/// panics, `join` will return an `Err` containing the argument given to
/// `panic`.
///
/// # Panics
///