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SF bug #690377: Dud footnote reference in distutils docs
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
date Fri, 21 Feb 2003 02:47:09 +0000
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1 \section{\module{dummy_threading} ---
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2 Drop-in replacement for the \module{threading} module}
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4 \declaremodule[dummythreading]{standard}{dummy_threading}
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5 \modulesynopsis{Drop-in replacement for the \refmodule{threading} module.}
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7 This module provides a duplicate interface to the
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8 \refmodule{threading} module. It is meant to be imported when the
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9 \refmodule{thread} module is not provided on a platform.
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11 Suggested usage is:
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13 \begin{verbatim}
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14 try:
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15 import threading as _threading
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16 except ImportError:
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17 import dummy_threading as _threading
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18 \end{verbatim}
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20 Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread
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21 being created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This
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22 often occurs with blocking I/O.