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Kirill Smelkov
cpython
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61b04526
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61b04526
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Jan 20, 1998
by
Fred Drake
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Added a bunch of "concept" index entries.
Use trailing "()" on function names in running text.
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@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ threads (a.k.a.\ \dfn{light-weight processes} or \dfn{tasks}) --- multiple
threads of control sharing their global data space. For
synchronization, simple locks (a.k.a.
\ \dfn
{
mutexes
}
or
\dfn
{
binary
semaphores
}
) are provided.
\index
{
light-weight processes
}
\index
{
processes, light-weight
}
\index
{
binary semaphores
}
\index
{
semaphores, binary
}
The module is optional. It is supported on Windows NT and '95, SGI
IRIX, Solaris 2.x, as well as on systems that have a POSIX thread
(a.k.a. ``pthread'') implementation.
\index
{
pthreads
}
\indexii
{
threads
}{
posix
}
It defines the following constant and functions:
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@@ -87,8 +93,8 @@ thread, 0 if not.
\item
Threads interact strangely with interrupts: the
\code
{
KeyboardInterrupt
}
exception will be received by an arbitrary
thread. (When the
\code
{
signal
}
module is available, interrupt
s
always go to the main thread.)
thread. (When the
\code
{
signal
}
\refbimodindex
{
signal
}
module i
s
a
vailable, interrupts a
lways go to the main thread.)
\item
Calling
\code
{
sys.exit()
}
or raising the
\code
{
SystemExit
}
exception is
...
...
@@ -96,8 +102,8 @@ equivalent to calling \code{thread.exit_thread()}.
\item
Not all built-in functions that may block waiting for I/O allow other
threads to run. (The most popular ones (
\code
{
sleep
}
,
\code
{
read
}
,
\code
{
select
}
) work as expected.)
threads to run. (The most popular ones (
\code
{
sleep
()
}
,
\code
{
read()
}
,
\code
{
select
()
}
) work as expected.)
\item
It is not possible to interrupt the
\code
{
acquire()
}
method on a lock
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...
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ When the main thread exits, it is system defined whether the other
threads survive. On SGI IRIX using the native thread implementation,
they survive. On most other systems, they are killed without
executing ``try-finally'' clauses or executing object destructors.
\indexii
{
threads
}{
IRIX
}
\item
When the main thread exits, it doesn't do any of its usual cleanup
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@@ -7,10 +7,16 @@ threads (a.k.a.\ \dfn{light-weight processes} or \dfn{tasks}) --- multiple
threads of control sharing their global data space. For
synchronization, simple locks (a.k.a.
\ \dfn
{
mutexes
}
or
\dfn
{
binary
semaphores
}
) are provided.
\index
{
light-weight processes
}
\index
{
processes, light-weight
}
\index
{
binary semaphores
}
\index
{
semaphores, binary
}
The module is optional. It is supported on Windows NT and '95, SGI
IRIX, Solaris 2.x, as well as on systems that have a POSIX thread
(a.k.a. ``pthread'') implementation.
\index
{
pthreads
}
\indexii
{
threads
}{
posix
}
It defines the following constant and functions:
...
...
@@ -87,8 +93,8 @@ thread, 0 if not.
\item
Threads interact strangely with interrupts: the
\code
{
KeyboardInterrupt
}
exception will be received by an arbitrary
thread. (When the
\code
{
signal
}
module is available, interrupt
s
always go to the main thread.)
thread. (When the
\code
{
signal
}
\refbimodindex
{
signal
}
module i
s
a
vailable, interrupts a
lways go to the main thread.)
\item
Calling
\code
{
sys.exit()
}
or raising the
\code
{
SystemExit
}
exception is
...
...
@@ -96,8 +102,8 @@ equivalent to calling \code{thread.exit_thread()}.
\item
Not all built-in functions that may block waiting for I/O allow other
threads to run. (The most popular ones (
\code
{
sleep
}
,
\code
{
read
}
,
\code
{
select
}
) work as expected.)
threads to run. (The most popular ones (
\code
{
sleep
()
}
,
\code
{
read()
}
,
\code
{
select
()
}
) work as expected.)
\item
It is not possible to interrupt the
\code
{
acquire()
}
method on a lock
...
...
@@ -109,6 +115,7 @@ When the main thread exits, it is system defined whether the other
threads survive. On SGI IRIX using the native thread implementation,
they survive. On most other systems, they are killed without
executing ``try-finally'' clauses or executing object destructors.
\indexii
{
threads
}{
IRIX
}
\item
When the main thread exits, it doesn't do any of its usual cleanup
...
...
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