dummy_thread modified to have interrupt_main and to behave appropriately when

called.

Added announcement in Misc/NEWS for thread.interrupt_main and mention of
dummy_thread's change.

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py b/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
index 0d614e1..d437cb1 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py
@@ -102,6 +102,14 @@ class MiscTests(unittest.TestCase):
                         "_thread.LockType is not an instance of what is "
                          "returned by _thread.allocate_lock()")
 
+    def test_interrupt_main(self):
+        #Calling start_new_thread with a function that executes interrupt_main
+        # should raise KeyboardInterrupt upon completion.
+        def call_interrupt():
+            _thread.interrupt_main()
+        self.failUnlessRaises(KeyboardInterrupt, _thread.start_new_thread,
+                              call_interrupt, tuple())
+
 class ThreadTests(unittest.TestCase):
     """Test thread creation."""