tree 275ba983baf566c07f6a952142a8041d276ac178
parent 9bce311ea4f58ec04cab356a748e173ecfea381c
author Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org> 1311805708 +0200
committer Éric Araujo <merwok@netwok.org> 1311805708 +0200
HG:rename-source hg

Remove indirection in threading (issue #10968).

The public names (Thread, Condition, etc.) used to be factory functions
returning instances of hidden classes (_Thread, _Condition, etc.),
because (if Guido recalls correctly) this code pre-dates the ability to
subclass extension types.

It is now possible to inherit from Thread and other classes, without
having to import the private underscored names like multiprocessing did.

A doc update will follow: a patch is under discussion on the issue.