SF Patch #1455676: Simplify using Queues with daemon consumer threads
Adds join() and task_done() methods to track when all enqueued tasks have
been gotten and fully processed by daemon consumer threads.
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index ba078b2..1d75424 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
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@@ -483,6 +483,10 @@
Library
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+- Queue.Queue objects now support .task_done() and .join() methods
+ to make it easier to monitor when daemon threads have completed
+ processing all enqueued tasks. Patch #1455676.
+
- popen2.Popen objects now preserve the command in a .cmd attribute.
- Added the ctypes ffi package.