summaryrefslogtreecommitdiff
path: root/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-25 13:05:15 +0000
committerGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2008-05-25 13:05:15 +0000
commit2067bfdf253e134a4144d3747300dbfcc7cc6203 (patch)
tree76613f07319d07cc4f0159769131a051504f8c69 /Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
parent3b4b45bfe546b023383d4382af7767359390e264 (diff)
downloadcpython-git-2067bfdf253e134a4144d3747300dbfcc7cc6203.tar.gz
Rename thread to _thread and dummy_thread to _dummy_thread. Issue #2875.
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst')
-rw-r--r--Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst13
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
index 0ffb68732f..0658df2d27 100644
--- a/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/dummy_threading.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
:mod:`dummy_threading` --- Drop-in replacement for the :mod:`threading` module
==============================================================================
@@ -7,17 +6,17 @@
This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`threading` module. It
-is meant to be imported when the :mod:`thread` module is not provided on a
+is meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module is not provided on a
platform.
Suggested usage is::
try:
- import threading as _threading
+ import threading
except ImportError:
- import dummy_threading as _threading
+ import dummy_threading
-Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread
-being created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often
-occurs with blocking I/O.
+Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being
+created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often occurs
+with blocking I/O.