112112//! will want to make use of some form of **interior mutability** through the
113113//! [`Cell`] or [`RefCell`] types.
114114//!
115+ //! ## Naming threads
116+ //!
117+ //! Threads are able to have associated names for identification purposes. By default, spawned
118+ //! threads are unnamed. To specify a name for a thread, build the thread with [`Builder`] and pass
119+ //! the desired thread name to [`Builder::name`]. To retrieve the thread name from within the
120+ //! thread, use [`Thread::name`]. A couple examples of where the name of a thread gets used:
121+ //!
122+ //! * If a panic occurs in a named thread, the thread name will be printed in the panic message.
123+ //! * The thread name is provided to the OS where applicable (e.g. `pthread_setname_np` in
124+ //! unix-like platforms).
125+ //!
126+ //! ## Stack size
127+ //!
128+ //! The default stack size for spawned threads is 2 MiB, though this particular stack size is
129+ //! subject to change in the future. There are two ways to manually specify the stack size for
130+ //! spawned threads:
131+ //!
132+ //! * Build the thread with [`Builder`] and pass the desired stack size to [`Builder::stack_size`].
133+ //! * Set the `RUST_MIN_STACK` environment variable to an integer representing the desired stack
134+ //! size (in bytes). Note that setting [`Builder::stack_size`] will override this.
135+ //!
136+ //! Note that the stack size of the main thread is *not* determined by Rust.
137+ //!
115138//! [channels]: ../../std/sync/mpsc/index.html
116139//! [`Arc`]: ../../std/sync/struct.Arc.html
117140//! [`spawn`]: ../../std/thread/fn.spawn.html
123146//! [`Err`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html#variant.Err
124147//! [`panic!`]: ../../std/macro.panic.html
125148//! [`Builder`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html
149+ //! [`Builder::stack_size`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html#method.stack_size
150+ //! [`Builder::name`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html#method.name
126151//! [`thread::current`]: ../../std/thread/fn.current.html
127152//! [`thread::Result`]: ../../std/thread/type.Result.html
128153//! [`Thread`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html
129154//! [`park`]: ../../std/thread/fn.park.html
130155//! [`unpark`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html#method.unpark
156+ //! [`Thread::name`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Thread.html#method.name
131157//! [`thread::park_timeout`]: ../../std/thread/fn.park_timeout.html
132158//! [`Cell`]: ../cell/struct.Cell.html
133159//! [`RefCell`]: ../cell/struct.RefCell.html
@@ -187,16 +213,8 @@ pub use self::local::{LocalKey, LocalKeyState, AccessError};
187213///
188214/// The two configurations available are:
189215///
190- /// - [`name`]: allows to give a name to the thread which is currently
191- /// only used in `panic` messages.
192- /// - [`stack_size`]: specifies the desired stack size. Note that this can
193- /// be overridden by the OS.
194- ///
195- /// If the [`stack_size`] field is not specified, the stack size
196- /// will be the `RUST_MIN_STACK` environment variable. If it is
197- /// not specified either, a sensible default will be set.
198- ///
199- /// If the [`name`] field is not specified, the thread will not be named.
216+ /// - [`name`]: specifies an [associated name for the thread][naming-threads]
217+ /// - [`stack_size`]: specifies the [desired stack size for the thread][stack-size]
200218///
201219/// The [`spawn`] method will take ownership of the builder and create an
202220/// [`io::Result`] to the thread handle with the given configuration.
@@ -228,6 +246,8 @@ pub use self::local::{LocalKey, LocalKeyState, AccessError};
228246/// [`spawn`]: ../../std/thread/struct.Builder.html#method.spawn
229247/// [`io::Result`]: ../../std/io/type.Result.html
230248/// [`unwrap`]: ../../std/result/enum.Result.html#method.unwrap
249+ /// [naming-threads]: ./index.html#naming-threads
250+ /// [stack-size]: ./index.html#stack-size
231251#[ stable( feature = "rust1" , since = "1.0.0" ) ]
232252#[ derive( Debug ) ]
233253pub struct Builder {
@@ -267,6 +287,9 @@ impl Builder {
267287 /// Names the thread-to-be. Currently the name is used for identification
268288 /// only in panic messages.
269289 ///
290+ /// For more information about named threads, see
291+ /// [this module-level documentation][naming-threads].
292+ ///
270293 /// # Examples
271294 ///
272295 /// ```
@@ -281,6 +304,8 @@ impl Builder {
281304 ///
282305 /// handler.join().unwrap();
283306 /// ```
307+ ///
308+ /// [naming-threads]: ./index.html#naming-threads
284309 #[ stable( feature = "rust1" , since = "1.0.0" ) ]
285310 pub fn name ( mut self , name : String ) -> Builder {
286311 self . name = Some ( name) ;
@@ -292,13 +317,18 @@ impl Builder {
292317 /// The actual stack size may be greater than this value if
293318 /// the platform specifies minimal stack size.
294319 ///
320+ /// For more information about the stack size for threads, see
321+ /// [this module-level documentation][stack-size].
322+ ///
295323 /// # Examples
296324 ///
297325 /// ```
298326 /// use std::thread;
299327 ///
300328 /// let builder = thread::Builder::new().stack_size(32 * 1024);
301329 /// ```
330+ ///
331+ /// [stack-size]: ./index.html#stack-size
302332 #[ stable( feature = "rust1" , since = "1.0.0" ) ]
303333 pub fn stack_size ( mut self , size : usize ) -> Builder {
304334 self . stack_size = Some ( size) ;
@@ -987,6 +1017,9 @@ impl Thread {
9871017
9881018 /// Gets the thread's name.
9891019 ///
1020+ /// For more information about named threads, see
1021+ /// [this module-level documentation][naming-threads].
1022+ ///
9901023 /// # Examples
9911024 ///
9921025 /// Threads by default have no name specified:
@@ -1017,6 +1050,8 @@ impl Thread {
10171050 ///
10181051 /// handler.join().unwrap();
10191052 /// ```
1053+ ///
1054+ /// [naming-threads]: ./index.html#naming-threads
10201055 #[ stable( feature = "rust1" , since = "1.0.0" ) ]
10211056 pub fn name ( & self ) -> Option < & str > {
10221057 self . cname ( ) . map ( |s| unsafe { str:: from_utf8_unchecked ( s. to_bytes ( ) ) } )
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