SF patch 1044089: New C API function PyEval_ThreadsInitialized(), by Nick
Coghlan, for determining whether PyEval_InitThreads() has been called.
Also purged the undocumented+unused _PyThread_Started int.
diff --git a/Python/ceval.c b/Python/ceval.c
index 2223aba..4d26a7a 100644
--- a/Python/ceval.c
+++ b/Python/ceval.c
@@ -203,17 +203,20 @@
#endif
#include "pythread.h"
-extern int _PyThread_Started; /* Flag for Py_Exit */
-
static PyThread_type_lock interpreter_lock = 0; /* This is the GIL */
static long main_thread = 0;
+int
+PyEval_ThreadsInitialized(void)
+{
+ return interpreter_lock != 0;
+}
+
void
PyEval_InitThreads(void)
{
if (interpreter_lock)
return;
- _PyThread_Started = 1;
interpreter_lock = PyThread_allocate_lock();
PyThread_acquire_lock(interpreter_lock, 1);
main_thread = PyThread_get_thread_ident();