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diff --git a/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst b/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst index ebce74d..7dccbc5 100644 --- a/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst +++ b/Doc/library/_dummy_thread.rst @@ -6,18 +6,15 @@ **Source code:** :source:`Lib/_dummy_thread.py` --------------- - -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. +.. deprecated:: 3.7 + Python now always has threading enabled. Please use :mod:`_thread` + (or, better, :mod:`threading`) instead. -Suggested usage is:: +-------------- - try: - import _thread - except ImportError: - import _dummy_thread as _thread +This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`_thread` module. +It was meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module was not provided +on a platform. 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 |