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-rw-r--r--Lib/_dummy_thread.py16
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/_dummy_thread.py b/Lib/_dummy_thread.py
index 7aa6579efe4..ed50520ab32 100644
--- a/Lib/_dummy_thread.py
+++ b/Lib/_dummy_thread.py
@@ -16,7 +16,13 @@ Suggested usage is::
__all__ = ['error', 'start_new_thread', 'exit', 'get_ident', 'allocate_lock',
'interrupt_main', 'LockType']
-import traceback as _traceback
+# A dummy value
+TIMEOUT_MAX = 2**31
+
+# NOTE: this module can be imported early in the extension building process,
+# and so top level imports of other modules should be avoided. Instead, all
+# imports are done when needed on a function-by-function basis. Since threads
+# are disabled, the import lock should not be an issue anyway (??).
class error(Exception):
"""Dummy implementation of _thread.error."""
@@ -48,7 +54,8 @@ def start_new_thread(function, args, kwargs={}):
except SystemExit:
pass
except:
- _traceback.print_exc()
+ import traceback
+ traceback.print_exc()
_main = True
global _interrupt
if _interrupt:
@@ -92,7 +99,7 @@ class LockType(object):
def __init__(self):
self.locked_status = False
- def acquire(self, waitflag=None):
+ def acquire(self, waitflag=None, timeout=-1):
"""Dummy implementation of acquire().
For blocking calls, self.locked_status is automatically set to
@@ -111,6 +118,9 @@ class LockType(object):
self.locked_status = True
return True
else:
+ if timeout > 0:
+ import time
+ time.sleep(timeout)
return False
__enter__ = acquire