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authorGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-12-30 22:34:10 (GMT)
committerGuido van Rossum <guido@python.org>2002-12-30 22:34:10 (GMT)
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Add dummy_thread[ing] sections and reference these from libthread[ing].
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@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ semaphores}) are provided.
The module is optional. It is supported on Windows, Linux, SGI
IRIX, Solaris 2.x, as well as on systems that have a \POSIX{} thread
-(a.k.a. ``pthread'') implementation.
+(a.k.a. ``pthread'') implementation. For systems lacking the \module{thread}
+module, the \refmodule{dummy_thread} module is available. It duplicates this
+module's interface and can be used as a drop-in replacement.
\index{pthreads}
\indexii{threads}{\POSIX}