patch to threading.py correcting unhandled exception.

[Jeffrey Jacobs]

Coders,

I wrote this patch for threading.py which corrects an unhandled exception
problem I ran up against.


--- threading27.py      Mon Apr 05 20:23:34 2010+++ threadingmod27.py
 Tue Mar 29 10:16:59 2011@@ -439,6 +439,7 @@         self.__stopped =
False         self.__block = Condition(Lock())
self.__initialized = True+        self.isSelfInLimbo = True         #
sys.stderr is not stored in the class like         # sys.exc_info
since it can be changed between instances         self.__stderr =
_sys.stderr@@ -484,7 +485,9 @@         finally:             # Avoid a
refcycle if the thread is running a function with             # an
argument that has a member that points to the thread.-            del
self.__target, self.__args, self.__kwargs+            if not
self.isSelfInLimbo:+                self.isSelfInLimbo = True+
       del self.__target, self.__args, self.__kwargs      def
__bootstrap(self):         # Wrapper around the real bootstrap code
that ignores@@ -515,7 +518,10 @@             self.__started.set()
       with _active_limbo_lock:                 _active[self.__ident]
= self-                del _limbo[self]+                if self in
_limbo:+                    del _limbo[self]+                else:+
                self.isSelfInLimbo = False             if __debug__:
              self._note("%s.__bootstrap(): thread started", self)



I also posted this patch to the python "Asking For Help Wiki" at
wiki.python.org.

You can find it by searching for title "unhandled exception
threading".  This may not be

the very best solution for the problem, but I believe some correction
is in order.

Sincrely,

Jeff Jacobs
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