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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> <head> <meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>16.5. dummy_thread — Drop-in replacement for the thread module — Python 2.7.5 documentation</title> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/default.css" type="text/css" /> <link rel="stylesheet" href="../_static/pygments.css" type="text/css" /> <script type="text/javascript"> var DOCUMENTATION_OPTIONS = { URL_ROOT: '../', VERSION: '2.7.5', COLLAPSE_INDEX: false, FILE_SUFFIX: '.html', HAS_SOURCE: true }; </script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/jquery.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/underscore.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/doctools.js"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="../_static/sidebar.js"></script> <link rel="search" type="application/opensearchdescription+xml" title="Search within Python 2.7.5 documentation" href="../_static/opensearch.xml"/> <link rel="author" title="About these documents" href="../about.html" /> <link rel="copyright" title="Copyright" href="../copyright.html" /> <link rel="top" title="Python 2.7.5 documentation" href="../index.html" /> <link rel="up" title="16. 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Optional Operating System Services</a> »</li> </ul> </div> <div class="document"> <div class="documentwrapper"> <div class="bodywrapper"> <div class="body"> <div class="section" id="module-dummy_thread"> <span id="dummy-thread-drop-in-replacement-for-the-thread-module"></span><h1>16.5. <a class="reference internal" href="#module-dummy_thread" title="dummy_thread: Drop-in replacement for the thread module."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">dummy_thread</span></tt></a> — Drop-in replacement for the <a class="reference internal" href="thread.html#module-thread" title="thread: Create multiple threads of control within one interpreter."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">thread</span></tt></a> module<a class="headerlink" href="#module-dummy_thread" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1> <div class="admonition note"> <p class="first admonition-title">Note</p> <p class="last">The <a class="reference internal" href="#module-dummy_thread" title="dummy_thread: Drop-in replacement for the thread module."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">dummy_thread</span></tt></a> module has been renamed to <tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">_dummy_thread</span></tt> in Python 3. The <a class="reference internal" href="../glossary.html#term-to3"><em class="xref std std-term">2to3</em></a> tool will automatically adapt imports when converting your sources to Python 3; however, you should consider using the high-lever <a class="reference internal" href="dummy_threading.html#module-dummy_threading" title="dummy_threading: Drop-in replacement for the threading module."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">dummy_threading</span></tt></a> module instead.</p> </div> <p><strong>Source code:</strong> <a class="reference external" href="http://hg.python.org/cpython/file/2.7/Lib/dummy_thread.py">Lib/dummy_thread.py</a></p> <hr class="docutils" /> <p>This module provides a duplicate interface to the <a class="reference internal" href="thread.html#module-thread" title="thread: Create multiple threads of control within one interpreter."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">thread</span></tt></a> module. It is meant to be imported when the <a class="reference internal" href="thread.html#module-thread" title="thread: Create multiple threads of control within one interpreter."><tt class="xref py py-mod docutils literal"><span class="pre">thread</span></tt></a> module is not provided on a platform.</p> <p>Suggested usage is:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">thread</span> <span class="kn">as</span> <span class="nn">_thread</span> <span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">ImportError</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">dummy_thread</span> <span class="kn">as</span> <span class="nn">_thread</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>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. 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