[Python-checkins] r53052 - python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex

[andrew.kuchling]

Author: andrew.kuchling
Date: Mon Dec 18 18:38:14 2006
New Revision: 53052

Modified:
   python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
Log:
Describe new methods in Queue module

Modified: python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex
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--- python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex	(original)
+++ python/trunk/Doc/whatsnew/whatsnew25.tex	Mon Dec 18 18:38:14 2006
@@ -1664,6 +1664,13 @@
 \item The \module{pyexpat} module now uses version 2.0 of the Expat parser.
 (Contributed by Trent Mick.)
 
+\item The \class{Queue} class provided by the \module{Queue} module
+gained two new methods.  \method{join()} blocks until all items in
+the queue have been retrieved and all processing work on the items 
+have been completed.  Worker threads call the other new method, 
+\method{task_done()}, to signal that processing for an item has been
+completed.  (Contributed by Raymond Hettinger.)
+
 \item The old \module{regex} and \module{regsub} modules, which have been 
 deprecated ever since Python 2.0, have finally been deleted.  
 Other deleted modules: \module{statcache}, \module{tzparse},