[issue29449] clear() should return prior state in threading.Event

[Serhiy Storchaka]

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment:

> A return value from clear will indicate to a thread if it won the race to clear the event.

I think other synchronization primitives should be used for this. I'm not sure that other implementations of Event (e.g. multiprocessing.Event) can efficiently return the previous state.

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nosy: +serhiy.storchaka

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