add the multiprocessing package to fulfill PEP 371
diff --git a/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/connection.py b/Lib/multiprocessing/dummy/connection.py
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+#
+# Analogue of `multiprocessing.connection` which uses queues instead of sockets
+#
+# multiprocessing/dummy/connection.py
+#
+# Copyright (c) 2006-2008, R Oudkerk --- see COPYING.txt
+#
+
+__all__ = [ 'Client', 'Listener', 'Pipe' ]
+
+from Queue import Queue
+
+
+families = [None]
+
+
+class Listener(object):
+
+ def __init__(self, address=None, family=None, backlog=1):
+ self._backlog_queue = Queue(backlog)
+
+ def accept(self):
+ return Connection(*self._backlog_queue.get())
+
+ def close(self):
+ self._backlog_queue = None
+
+ address = property(lambda self: self._backlog_queue)
+
+
+def Client(address):
+ _in, _out = Queue(), Queue()
+ address.put((_out, _in))
+ return Connection(_in, _out)
+
+
+def Pipe(duplex=True):
+ a, b = Queue(), Queue()
+ return Connection(a, b), Connection(b, a)
+
+
+class Connection(object):
+
+ def __init__(self, _in, _out):
+ self._out = _out
+ self._in = _in
+ self.send = self.send_bytes = _out.put
+ self.recv = self.recv_bytes = _in.get
+
+ def poll(self, timeout=0.0):
+ if self._in.qsize() > 0:
+ return True
+ if timeout <= 0.0:
+ return False
+ self._in.not_empty.acquire()
+ self._in.not_empty.wait(timeout)
+ self._in.not_empty.release()
+ return self._in.qsize() > 0
+
+ def close(self):
+ pass