| Georg Brandl | 2067bfd | 2008-05-25 13:05:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | :mod:`_dummy_thread` --- Drop-in replacement for the :mod:`_thread` module |
| 2 | ========================================================================== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | .. module:: _dummy_thread |
| 5 | :synopsis: Drop-in replacement for the _thread module. |
| 6 | |
| Raymond Hettinger | 3029aff | 2011-02-10 08:09:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 7 | **Source code:** :source:`Lib/_dummy_thread.py` |
| 8 | |
| Antoine Pitrou | b43c4ca | 2017-09-18 22:04:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 9 | .. deprecated:: 3.7 |
| 10 | Python now always has threading enabled. Please use :mod:`_thread` |
| 11 | (or, better, :mod:`threading`) instead. |
| 12 | |
| Raymond Hettinger | 3029aff | 2011-02-10 08:09:36 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 13 | -------------- |
| Georg Brandl | 2067bfd | 2008-05-25 13:05:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 14 | |
| Antoine Pitrou | b43c4ca | 2017-09-18 22:04:20 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 15 | This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`_thread` module. |
| 16 | It was meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module was not provided |
| 17 | on a platform. |
| Georg Brandl | 2067bfd | 2008-05-25 13:05:15 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 18 | |
| 19 | Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being |
| 20 | created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often occurs |
| 21 | with blocking I/O. |
| 22 | |