[Python-Dev] PEP 3148 ready for pronouncement

[Brian Quinlan]

On May 22, 2010, at 5:30 AM, Dj Gilcrease wrote:

> On Fri, May 21, 2010 at 8:26 AM, Brian Quinlan <brian at sweetapp.com>  
> wrote:
>> Except that now isn't the time for that discussion. This PEP has  
>> discussed
>> on-and-off for several months on both stdlib-sig and python-dev.
>
> I think any time till the PEP is accepted is a good time to discuss
> changes to the API

I disagree. If a PEP is being updated continuously then there is  
nothing stable to pronounce on.

>
> Issues with the PEP:
> 1) Examples as written fail on windows. Patch to fix @
> http://code.google.com/p/pythonfutures/issues/detail?id=5

Updated, thanks!

> Issues with Implementation:
> 1) Globals are used for tracking running threads (but not processes)
> and shutdown state, but are not accessed as a globals every where they
> are modified so it could be inconsistent.



> 2) The atexit handle randomly throws an exception on exit on windows
> when running the tests or examples.
>
> Error in atexit._run_exitfuncs:
> TypeError: print_exception(): Exception expected for value, str found

Lets take this off-list.

Cheers,
Brian

> Issues 1 & 2 would be solved by moving thread tracking back into the
> executor responsible for the threads, or making a singleton that
> tracked threads / processes for all executors.
> http://code.google.com/p/pythonfutures/issues/detail?id=6 is one such
> implementation
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