Locking blockl to a people on a similar group / naming locks

[Paul Rubin]

reyjexter <reyjexter at gmail.com> writes:
> synchronize (myGroup) {
> }
> 
> but how do I do this in python? how can I name the lock that will be
> used by the thread?

You have to do it explicitly, for example with RLock:

    myInstance.lock = RLock()
    ...
    myInstance.lock.acquire()
      ... critical section ...
    myInstance.lock.release()

It's often possible to write in a style that avoids this mess.
The preferred way is usually to write isolated threads that
communicate by passing objects through queues (Queue.Queue).
This gets rid of a lot of locking hazards.