| Guido van Rossum | ad50ca9 | 2002-12-30 22:30:22 +0000 | [diff] [blame^] | 1 | \section{\module{dummy_thread} --- |
| 2 | Drop-in replacement for the \module{thread} module} |
| 3 | |
| 4 | \declaremodule[dummythread]{standard}{dummy_thread} |
| 5 | \modulesynopsis{Drop-in replacement for the thread module.} |
| 6 | |
| 7 | This module provides a duplicate interface to the \refmodule{thread} module. It |
| 8 | is meant to be imported when the \module{thread} module is not provided on a |
| 9 | platform. |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Suggested usage is: |
| 12 | |
| 13 | \begin{verbatim} |
| 14 | try: |
| 15 | import thread as _thread |
| 16 | except ImportError: |
| 17 | import dummy_thread as _thread |
| 18 | \end{verbatim} |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread |
| 21 | being created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This |
| 22 | often occurs with blocking I/O. |