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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) | |
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| 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/library/_dummy_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..62e5708 --- /dev/null +++ b/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst @@ -0,0 +1,22 @@ +:mod:`_dummy_thread` --- Drop-in replacement for the :mod:`_thread` module +========================================================================== + +.. module:: _dummy_thread + :synopsis: Drop-in replacement for the _thread module. + + +This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`_thread` module. It is +meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module is not provided on a +platform. + +Suggested usage is:: + + try: + import _thread + except ImportError: + import dummy_thread as _thread + +Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being +created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often occurs +with blocking I/O. + |