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This module provides primitive operations to write multi-threaded programs. The 'threading' module provides a more convenient interface.
A lock object is a synchronization primitive. To create a lock, call threading.Lock(). Methods are: acquire() -- lock the lock, possibly blocking until it can be obtained release() -- unlock of the lock locked() -- test whether the lock is currently locked A lock is not owned by the thread that locked it; another thread may unlock it. A thread attempting to lock a lock that it has already locked will block until another thread unlocks it. Deadlocks may ensue.
acquire(...) acquire(blocking=True, timeout=-1) -> bool (acquire_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Lock the lock. Without argument, this blocks if the lock is already locked (even by the same thread), waiting for another thread to release the lock, and return True once the lock is acquired. With an argument, this will only block if the argument is true, and the return value reflects whether the lock is acquired. The blocking operation is interruptible.
acquire_lock(...) acquire(blocking=True, timeout=-1) -> bool (acquire_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Lock the lock. Without argument, this blocks if the lock is already locked (even by the same thread), waiting for another thread to release the lock, and return True once the lock is acquired. With an argument, this will only block if the argument is true, and the return value reflects whether the lock is acquired. The blocking operation is interruptible.
locked(...) locked() -> bool (locked_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Return whether the lock is in the locked state.
locked_lock(...) locked() -> bool (locked_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Return whether the lock is in the locked state.
release(...) release() (release_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Release the lock, allowing another thread that is blocked waiting for the lock to acquire the lock. The lock must be in the locked state, but it needn't be locked by the same thread that unlocks it.
release_lock(...) release() (release_lock() is an obsolete synonym) Release the lock, allowing another thread that is blocked waiting for the lock to acquire the lock. The lock must be in the locked state, but it needn't be locked by the same thread that unlocks it.
acquire(...) acquire(blocking=True) -> bool Lock the lock. `blocking` indicates whether we should wait for the lock to be available or not. If `blocking` is False and another thread holds the lock, the method will return False immediately. If `blocking` is True and another thread holds the lock, the method will wait for the lock to be released, take it and then return True. (note: the blocking operation is interruptible.) In all other cases, the method will return True immediately. Precisely, if the current thread already holds the lock, its internal counter is simply incremented. If nobody holds the lock, the lock is taken and its internal counter initialized to 1.
release(...) release() Release the lock, allowing another thread that is blocked waiting for the lock to acquire the lock. The lock must be in the locked state, and must be locked by the same thread that unlocks it; otherwise a `RuntimeError` is raised. Do note that if the lock was acquire()d several times in a row by the current thread, release() needs to be called as many times for the lock to be available for other threads.
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with_traceback(...)
Exception.with_traceback(tb) --
set self.__traceback__ to tb and return self.
args = <attribute 'args' of 'BaseException' objects>
allocate(...) allocate_lock() -> lock object (allocate() is an obsolete synonym) Create a new lock object. See help(type(threading.Lock())) for information about locks.
allocate_lock(...) allocate_lock() -> lock object (allocate() is an obsolete synonym) Create a new lock object. See help(type(threading.Lock())) for information about locks.
exit(...) exit() (exit_thread() is an obsolete synonym) This is synonymous to ``raise SystemExit''. It will cause the current thread to exit silently unless the exception is caught.
exit_thread(...) exit() (exit_thread() is an obsolete synonym) This is synonymous to ``raise SystemExit''. It will cause the current thread to exit silently unless the exception is caught.
get_ident(...) get_ident() -> integer Return a non-zero integer that uniquely identifies the current thread amongst other threads that exist simultaneously. This may be used to identify per-thread resources. Even though on some platforms threads identities may appear to be allocated consecutive numbers starting at 1, this behavior should not be relied upon, and the number should be seen purely as a magic cookie. A thread's identity may be reused for another thread after it exits.
get_native_id(...) get_native_id() -> integer Return a non-negative integer identifying the thread as reported by the OS (kernel). This may be used to uniquely identify a particular thread within a system.
interrupt_main(...) interrupt_main() Raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread. A subthread can use this function to interrupt the main thread.
stack_size(...) stack_size([size]) -> size Return the thread stack size used when creating new threads. The optional size argument specifies the stack size (in bytes) to be used for subsequently created threads, and must be 0 (use platform or configured default) or a positive integer value of at least 32,768 (32k). If changing the thread stack size is unsupported, a ThreadError exception is raised. If the specified size is invalid, a ValueError exception is raised, and the stack size is unmodified. 32k bytes currently the minimum supported stack size value to guarantee sufficient stack space for the interpreter itself. Note that some platforms may have particular restrictions on values for the stack size, such as requiring a minimum stack size larger than 32 KiB or requiring allocation in multiples of the system memory page size - platform documentation should be referred to for more information (4 KiB pages are common; using multiples of 4096 for the stack size is the suggested approach in the absence of more specific information).
start_new(...) start_new_thread(function, args[, kwargs]) (start_new() is an obsolete synonym) Start a new thread and return its identifier. The thread will call the function with positional arguments from the tuple args and keyword arguments taken from the optional dictionary kwargs. The thread exits when the function returns; the return value is ignored. The thread will also exit when the function raises an unhandled exception; a stack trace will be printed unless the exception is SystemExit.
start_new_thread(...) start_new_thread(function, args[, kwargs]) (start_new() is an obsolete synonym) Start a new thread and return its identifier. The thread will call the function with positional arguments from the tuple args and keyword arguments taken from the optional dictionary kwargs. The thread exits when the function returns; the return value is ignored. The thread will also exit when the function raises an unhandled exception; a stack trace will be printed unless the exception is SystemExit.
TIMEOUT_MAX = 9223372036.0