[ python-Bugs-971395 ] thread.name crashes interpreter

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Bugs item #971395, was opened at 2004-06-11 20:15
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Category: Threads
Group: Python 2.3
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jonathan Ellis (ellisj)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: thread.name crashes interpreter

Initial Comment:
I changed the __repr__ method of the cookbook Future
class --
http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/84317
-- as follows:

    def __repr__(self):
        return '<%s at %s:%s>' % (self.__T.name,
hex(id(self)), self.__status)

this caused obscure crashes with the uninformative message
        Fatal Python error: PyEval_SaveThread: NULL tstate

changing to __T.getName() fixed the crashing.

It seems to me that thread.name should be __name or
_name to help novices not shoot themselves in the foot.

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