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| author | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-12-17 20:19:50 (GMT) |
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| committer | Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com> | 2010-12-17 20:19:50 (GMT) |
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Expand the LBYL glossary entry.
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diff --git a/Doc/glossary.rst b/Doc/glossary.rst index a051fe8..4958d3b 100644 --- a/Doc/glossary.rst +++ b/Doc/glossary.rst @@ -392,6 +392,12 @@ Glossary the :term:`EAFP` approach and is characterized by the presence of many :keyword:`if` statements. + In a multi-threaded environment, the LBYL approach can risk introducing a + race condition between "the looking" and "the leaping". For example, the + code, ``if key in mapping: return mapping[key]`` can fail if another + thread removes *key* from *mapping* after the test, but before the lookup. + This issue can be solved with locks or by using the EAFP approach. + list A built-in Python :term:`sequence`. Despite its name it is more akin to an array in other languages than to a linked list since access to |