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[3.13] gh-125058: update _thread docs regarding interruptibility of lock.acquire() (GH-125141) (#125306)

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gh-125058: update `_thread` docs regarding interruptibility of `lock.acquire()` (GH-125141)
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@ -219,9 +219,11 @@ In addition to these methods, lock objects can also be used via the
* Calling :func:`sys.exit` or raising the :exc:`SystemExit` exception is
equivalent to calling :func:`_thread.exit`.
* It is not possible to interrupt the :meth:`~threading.Lock.acquire` method on
a lock --- the :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception will happen after the lock
has been acquired.
* It is platform-dependent whether the :meth:`~threading.Lock.acquire` method
on a lock can be interrupted (so that the :exc:`KeyboardInterrupt` exception
will happen immediately, rather than only after the lock has been acquired or
the operation has timed out). It can be interrupted on POSIX, but not on
Windows.
* When the main thread exits, it is system defined whether the other threads
survive. On most systems, they are killed without executing