[Python-Dev] Add function to signal module for getting main thread id

[Andrew Svetlov]

_MainThread can be used as workaround, but adding public function makes value.

Oleg, as I understand _MainThread is a class, not class instance, test
for threading._MainThread.ident doesn't make sense.

On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:44 PM, Oleg Broytman <phd at phdru.name> wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 30, 2013 at 12:24:07PM +0300, Andrew Svetlov <andrew.svetlov at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Main thread is slightly different from others.
>> Signals can be subscribed from main thread only.
>> Tulip has special logic for main thread.
>> In application code we can explicitly know which thread is executed,
>> main or not.
>> But from library it's not easy.
>> Tulip uses check like
>>     threading.current_thread().name == 'MainThread'
>> This approach has a problem: thread name is writable attribute and can
>> be changed by user code.
>
>    You can test
> threading.current_thread().__class__ is threading._MainThread
>    or
> threading.current_thread().ident == threading._MainThread.ident
>
>> My proposition is to add function like get_mainthread_id() -> int
>> which return ident for main thread
>
>    threading._MainThread.ident ?
>
> Oleg.
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Thanks,
Andrew Svetlov