join

【join】

　　join(timeout=None)

　　Wait until the thread terminates. This blocks the calling thread until the thread whose join() method is called terminates – either normally or through an unhandled exception – or until the optional timeout occurs.

　　When the timeout argument is present and not None, it should be a floating point number specifying a timeout for the operation in seconds (or fractions thereof). As join() always returns None, you must callis_alive() after join() to decide whether a timeout happened – if the thread is still alive, the join() call timed out.

　　When the timeout argument is not present or None, the operation will block until the thread terminates.

　　A thread can be join()ed many times.

　　join() raises a RuntimeError if an attempt is made to join the current thread as that would cause a deadlock. It is also an error to join() a thread before it has been started and attempts to do so raises the same exception.