{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/23771","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/23771/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/23771/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/23771/events","html_url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/23771","id":76768422,"number":23771,"title":"Possible contradiction in the LocalClient docs","user":{"login":"kaithar","id":76736,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/76736?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar","html_url":"https://github.com/kaithar","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kaithar/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/labels/Question","name":"Question","color":"942192"}],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/milestones/37","html_url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/milestones/Blocked","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/milestones/37/labels","id":343741,"number":37,"title":"Blocked","description":"Issues which are blocked in some way, whether they need further discussion, clarification, justification, or are blocked for some other reason.","creator":{"login":"basepi","id":702318,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/702318?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi","html_url":"https://github.com/basepi","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/basepi/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"open_issues":231,"closed_issues":555,"state":"open","created_at":"2013-05-28T22:24:12Z","updated_at":"2015-05-18T21:24:45Z","due_on":null,"closed_at":null},"comments":1,"created_at":"2015-05-15T15:48:10Z","updated_at":"2015-05-18T21:29:49Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I'd like to query [this bit](http://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/ref/clients/index.html#salt.client.LocalClient.cmd_iter_no_block):\r\n\r\n> cmd_iter_no_block( <big arg list here> )\r\n  Blocks while waiting for individual minions to return.\r\n\r\nIs the function named \"no_block\" actually a blocking function?  I'm assuming this is doc fail, but I've not looked at the code or tried that function.  Hoping someone is more familiar and can answer that without spending time looking at the code :smile: "},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/comments/103217876","html_url":"https://github.com/saltstack/salt/issues/23771#issuecomment-103217876","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/saltstack/salt/issues/23771","id":103217876,"user":{"login":"jfindlay","id":702905,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/702905?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay","html_url":"https://github.com/jfindlay","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/jfindlay/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-05-18T21:29:49Z","updated_at":"2015-05-18T21:29:49Z","body":"@kaithar, I am not sure.  From looking at the code, the only difference between `LocalClient.cmd_iter` and `LocalClient.cmd_iter_no_block` is that `cmd_iter` runs the `timeout` through `self._get_timeout`.\r\n\r\nDo you have any input @whiteinge?  Thanks."}}