mention dont_wait in async documentation

ocsigen · Nov 23, 2020 · 227c0f9 · 227c0f9
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diff --git a/src/core/lwt.mli b/src/core/lwt.mli
@@ -824,7 +824,8 @@ val async : (unit -> unit t) -> unit
  [!]{!Lwt.async_exception_hook}.
 
  [!]{!Lwt.async_exception_hook} typically prints an error message and
- terminates the program.
+ terminates the program. If you need a similar behaviour with a different
+ exception handler, you can use {!Lwt.dont_wait}.
 
  [Lwt.async] is misleadingly named. Itself, it has nothing to do with
  asynchronous execution. It's actually a safety function for making Lwt