diff Lib/threading.py @ 59202:98e9c4ffd343

Merged revisions 78517 via svnmerge from svn+ssh://pythondev@svn.python.org/python/trunk ........ r78517 | gregory.p.smith | 2010-02-28 10:36:09 -0800 (Sun, 28 Feb 2010) | 3 lines Issue #7481: When a threading.Thread failed to start it would leave the instance stuck in initial state and present in threading.enumerate(). ........
author Gregory P. Smith <greg@mad-scientist.com>
date Sun, 28 Feb 2010 18:57:46 +0000
parents 6d91aaadddd0
children eeea78df8a3c
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--- a/Lib/threading.py	Sun Feb 28 03:46:13 2010 +0000
+++ b/Lib/threading.py	Sun Feb 28 18:57:46 2010 +0000
@@ -465,7 +465,12 @@
             self._note("%s.start(): starting thread", self)
         with _active_limbo_lock:
             _limbo[self] = self
-        _start_new_thread(self._bootstrap, ())
+        try:
+            _start_new_thread(self._bootstrap, ())
+        except Exception:
+            with _active_limbo_lock:
+                del _limbo[self]
+            raise
         self._started.wait()
 
     def run(self):