multithreading

[David LeBlanc]

Lock, Semaphore and friends mentioned in the pythondoc (2.2.1) aren't
atomic? If not, then they're misnamed since atomicity is a required property
of such operations.

David LeBlanc
Seattle, WA USA

<snip>
> Nothing is atomic except sending messages to a Queue.  At least,
> if you start
> with that premise you probably can't go wrong...
<snip>
>
> -Peter
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