Doc/lib/libdummythread.tex

   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 \refmodule{thread} module.}
   6
   7 This module provides a duplicate interface to the \refmodule{thread}
   8 module.  It is meant to be imported when the \refmodule{thread} module
   9 is not provided on a 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.