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-rw-r--r--Lib/test/support/__init__.py17
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diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index 007f3bc..09095db 100644
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -89,6 +89,7 @@ __all__ = [
"bigmemtest", "bigaddrspacetest", "cpython_only", "get_attribute",
"requires_IEEE_754", "skip_unless_xattr", "requires_zlib",
"anticipate_failure", "load_package_tests", "detect_api_mismatch",
+ "requires_multiprocessing_queue",
# sys
"is_jython", "check_impl_detail",
# network
@@ -1731,6 +1732,22 @@ def impl_detail(msg=None, **guards):
msg = msg.format(' or '.join(guardnames))
return unittest.skip(msg)
+_have_mp_queue = None
+def requires_multiprocessing_queue(test):
+ """Skip decorator for tests that use multiprocessing.Queue."""
+ global _have_mp_queue
+ if _have_mp_queue is None:
+ import multiprocessing
+ # Without a functioning shared semaphore implementation attempts to
+ # instantiate a Queue will result in an ImportError (issue #3770).
+ try:
+ multiprocessing.Queue()
+ _have_mp_queue = True
+ except ImportError:
+ _have_mp_queue = False
+ msg = "requires a functioning shared semaphore implementation"
+ return test if _have_mp_queue else unittest.skip(msg)(test)
+
def _parse_guards(guards):
# Returns a tuple ({platform_name: run_me}, default_value)
if not guards: