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Diffstat (limited to 'Python')
| -rw-r--r-- | Python/thread_pthread.h | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Python/thread_pthread.h b/Python/thread_pthread.h index 2ef46c0..2d6a4f8 100644 --- a/Python/thread_pthread.h +++ b/Python/thread_pthread.h @@ -171,6 +171,13 @@ PyThread_start_new_thread(void (*func)(void *), void *arg) return success != 0 ? 0 : 1; } +/* XXX This implementation is considered (to quote Tim Peters) "inherently + hosed" because: + - It does not guanrantee the promise that a non-zero integer is returned. + - The cast to long is inherently unsafe. + - It is not clear that the 'volatile' (for AIX?) and ugly casting in the + latter return statement (for Alpha OSF/1) are any longer necessary. +*/ long PyThread_get_thread_ident(void) { @@ -179,7 +186,11 @@ PyThread_get_thread_ident(void) PyThread_init_thread(); /* Jump through some hoops for Alpha OSF/1 */ threadid = pthread_self(); +#if SIZEOF_PTHREAD_T <= SIZEOF_LONG + return (long) threadid; +#else return (long) *(long *) &threadid; +#endif } static void |