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.. note::
- Some ``camelCase`` names have been converted to their underscored
- equivalents. Others have been replaced by properties. Using the old methods
- in 2.6 will trigger a :exc:`DeprecationWarning` when Python is run with the
- :option:`-3` flag and a full :exc:`DeprecationWarning` in 3.0. The old names
- will be removed early in the 3.x series.
+ Starting with Python 2.6, this module provides PEP 8 compliant aliases and
+ properties to replace the ``camelCase`` names that were inspired by Java's
+ threading API. This updated API is compatible with that of the
+ :mod:`multiprocessing` module. However, no schedule has been set for the
+ deprecation of the ``camelCase`` names and they remain fully supported in
+ both Python 2.x and 3.x.
This module defines the following functions and objects: