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| author | Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> | 2007-09-04 08:16:15 (GMT) |
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| committer | Mark Summerfield <list@qtrac.plus.com> | 2007-09-04 08:16:15 (GMT) |
| commit | fcb444a8bf249e93eda5803469b33bb42781959a (patch) | |
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Added cross-references plus a note about dict & list shallow copying.
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diff --git a/Doc/library/thread.rst b/Doc/library/thread.rst index c9be598..ca70403 100644 --- a/Doc/library/thread.rst +++ b/Doc/library/thread.rst @@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ single: semaphores, binary This module provides low-level primitives for working with multiple threads -(a.k.a. :dfn:`light-weight processes` or :dfn:`tasks`) --- multiple threads of +(also called :dfn:`light-weight processes` or :dfn:`tasks`) --- multiple threads of control sharing their global data space. For synchronization, simple locks -(a.k.a. :dfn:`mutexes` or :dfn:`binary semaphores`) are provided. +(also called :dfn:`mutexes` or :dfn:`binary semaphores`) are provided. +The :mod:`threading` module provides an easier to use and higher-level +threading API built on top of this module. .. index:: single: pthreads |