Merge pull request tornadoweb#1354 from ajdavis/bounded-semaphore-rel…

…ease-docstring Add docstring to BoundedSemaphore.release.
daamien · Feb 28, 2015 · 28b7f01 · 28b7f01
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diff --git a/tornado/locks.py b/tornado/locks.py
@@ -238,6 +238,7 @@ def __init__(self, value=1):
         self._initial_value = value
 
     def release(self):
+        """Increment the counter and wake one waiter."""
         if self._value >= self._initial_value:
             raise ValueError("Semaphore released too many times")
         super(BoundedSemaphore, self).release()