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diff --git a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst index 30a3ebb..dfc3289 100644 --- a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst +++ b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst @@ -6,20 +6,15 @@ **Source code:** :source:`Lib/dummy_threading.py` --------------- - -This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`threading` 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:`threading` instead. -Suggested usage is:: +-------------- - try: - import threading - except ImportError: - import dummy_threading as threading +This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`threading` 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 with blocking I/O. - |