1 :mod:`dummy_threading` --- Drop-in replacement for the :mod:`threading` module 2 ============================================================================== 3 4 .. module:: dummy_threading 5 :synopsis: Drop-in replacement for the threading module. 6 7 **Source code:** :source:`Lib/dummy_threading.py` 8 9 .. deprecated:: 3.7 10 Python now always has threading enabled. Please use :mod:`threading` instead. 11 12 -------------- 13 14 This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`threading` module. 15 It was meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module was not provided 16 on a platform. 17 18 Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being 19 created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often occurs 20 with blocking I/O. 21
