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Diffstat (limited to 'Modules/threadmodule.c')
| -rw-r--r-- | Modules/threadmodule.c | 19 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 9 deletions
diff --git a/Modules/threadmodule.c b/Modules/threadmodule.c index 7050914..bdc7932 100644 --- a/Modules/threadmodule.c +++ b/Modules/threadmodule.c @@ -213,6 +213,7 @@ thread_PyThread_start_new_thread(PyObject *self, PyObject *fargs) { PyObject *func, *args, *keyw = NULL; struct bootstate *boot; + long ident; if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(fargs, "OO|O:start_new_thread", &func, &args, &keyw)) return NULL; @@ -242,7 +243,8 @@ thread_PyThread_start_new_thread(PyObject *self, PyObject *fargs) Py_INCREF(args); Py_XINCREF(keyw); PyEval_InitThreads(); /* Start the interpreter's thread-awareness */ - if (!PyThread_start_new_thread(t_bootstrap, (void*) boot)) { + ident = PyThread_start_new_thread(t_bootstrap, (void*) boot); + if (ident == -1) { PyErr_SetString(ThreadError, "can't start new thread\n"); Py_DECREF(func); Py_DECREF(args); @@ -250,20 +252,19 @@ thread_PyThread_start_new_thread(PyObject *self, PyObject *fargs) PyMem_DEL(boot); return NULL; } - Py_INCREF(Py_None); - return Py_None; + return PyInt_FromLong(ident); } static char start_new_doc[] = "start_new_thread(function, args[, kwargs])\n\ (start_new() is an obsolete synonym)\n\ \n\ -Start a new thread. The thread will call the function with positional\n\ -arguments from the tuple args and keyword arguments taken from the optional\n\ -dictionary kwargs. The thread exits when the function returns; the return\n\ -value is ignored. The thread will also exit when the function raises an\n\ -unhandled exception; a stack trace will be printed unless the exception is\n\ -SystemExit."; +Start a new thread and return its identifier. The thread will call the\n\ +function with positional arguments from the tuple args and keyword arguments\n\ +taken from the optional dictionary kwargs. The thread exits when the\n\ +function returns; the return value is ignored. The thread will also exit\n\ +when the function raises an unhandled exception; a stack trace will be\n\ +printed unless the exception is SystemExit.\n"; static PyObject * thread_PyThread_exit_thread(PyObject *self, PyObject *args) |