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| author | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-04-30 12:53:09 (GMT) |
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| committer | Victor Stinner <victor.stinner@haypocalc.com> | 2011-04-30 12:53:09 (GMT) |
| commit | d5c355ccc70d011ef2010537838d9a82e24b2b80 (patch) | |
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Issue #11223: Replace threading._info() by sys.thread_info
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diff --git a/Doc/library/sys.rst b/Doc/library/sys.rst index ba781b3..a34c497 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sys.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sys.rst @@ -961,6 +961,35 @@ always available. to a console and Python apps started with :program:`pythonw`. +.. data:: thread_info + + A :term:`struct sequence` holding information about the thread + implementation. + + +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ + | Attribute | Explanation | + +==================+=========================================================+ + | :const:`name` | Name of the thread implementation: | + | | | + | | * ``'nt'``: Windows threads | + | | * ``'os2'``: OS/2 threads | + | | * ``'pthread'``: POSIX threads | + | | * ``'solaris'``: Solaris threads | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ + | :const:`lock` | Name of the lock implementation: | + | | | + | | * ``'semaphore'``: a lock uses a semaphore | + | | * ``'mutex+cond'``: a lock uses a mutex | + | | and a condition variable | + | | * ``None`` if this information is unknown | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ + | :const:`version` | Name and version of the thread library. It is a string, | + | | or ``None`` if these informations are unknown. | + +------------------+---------------------------------------------------------+ + + .. versionadded:: 3.3 + + .. data:: tracebacklimit When this variable is set to an integer value, it determines the maximum number |