Explain use of currentThread() in _Condition methods.

1 files changed, 2 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/Lib/threading.py b/Lib/threading.py
index fb62010..52757c6 100644
--- a/Lib/threading.py
+++ b/Lib/threading.py
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ class _Condition(_Verbose):
             return True
 
     def wait(self, timeout=None):
-        me = currentThread()
+        currentThread() # for side-effect
         assert self._is_owned(), "wait() of un-acquire()d lock"
         waiter = _allocate_lock()
         waiter.acquire()
@@ -223,7 +223,7 @@ class _Condition(_Verbose):
             self._acquire_restore(saved_state)
 
     def notify(self, n=1):
-        me = currentThread()
+        currentThread() # for side-effect
         assert self._is_owned(), "notify() of un-acquire()d lock"
         __waiters = self.__waiters
         waiters = __waiters[:n]