[Python-Dev] Can someone look at dummy_thread (#622537)? (original) (raw)

Tim Peters tim.one@comcast.net
Tue, 03 Dec 2002 22:12:29 -0500

[Guido]

I don't propose to automate this. I propose this:

try: import threading except ImportError: import dummythreading as threading

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[Brett Cannon]

Do you prefer I do a separate dummythreading module or follow Martin's suggestions and just turn dummythread into a threading substitute itself?

Looking at his code, I think it's clear he wants a separate

dummy_threading.py

and nothing fancier than that. The idiomatic use would be as shown, where a user who knows what they're doing can import dummy_threading (if desired) and name it threading locally themself (if desired). No existing code could break, except for users who already have a file named dummy_threading.py on their PYTHONPATH somewhere after the std library.