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| author | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-25 13:05:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | Georg Brandl <georg@python.org> | 2008-05-25 13:05:15 (GMT) |
| commit | 2067bfdf253e134a4144d3747300dbfcc7cc6203 (patch) | |
| tree | 76613f07319d07cc4f0159769131a051504f8c69 /Doc/c-api/init.rst | |
| parent | 3b4b45bfe546b023383d4382af7767359390e264 (diff) | |
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Rename thread to _thread and dummy_thread to _dummy_thread. Issue #2875.
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diff --git a/Doc/c-api/init.rst b/Doc/c-api/init.rst index 4bf6445..864991e 100644 --- a/Doc/c-api/init.rst +++ b/Doc/c-api/init.rst @@ -539,7 +539,7 @@ supports the creation of additional interpreters (using This is a no-op when called for a second time. It is safe to call this function before calling :cfunc:`Py_Initialize`. - .. index:: module: thread + .. index:: module: _thread When only the main thread exists, no lock operations are needed. This is a common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock @@ -547,7 +547,7 @@ supports the creation of additional interpreters (using initially. This situation is equivalent to having acquired the lock: when there is only a single thread, all object accesses are safe. Therefore, when this function initializes the lock, it also acquires it. Before the Python - :mod:`thread` module creates a new thread, knowing that either it has the lock + :mod:`_thread` module creates a new thread, knowing that either it has the lock or the lock hasn't been created yet, it calls :cfunc:`PyEval_InitThreads`. When this call returns, it is guaranteed that the lock has been created and that the calling thread has acquired it. |