Message 157847 - Python tracker

Message157847

Author	pitrou
Recipients	csernazs, jyasskin, kristjan.jonsson, neologix, pitrou
Date	2012-04-09.15:01:44
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> Condition variables don't guarantee that there won't be any spurious > wakeups What do you mean? The implementation doesn't seem prone to spurious wakeups, and the docs don't say so either. > I've added two generic tests of Condition objects in their "natural > environment" as building blocks for bigger things, a Queue and a Lock. Why would you build a Lock out of a Condition?

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> Condition variables don't guarantee that there won't be any spurious
> wakeups

What do you mean? The implementation doesn't seem prone to spurious wakeups, and the docs don't say so either.

> I've added two generic tests of Condition objects in their "natural
> environment" as building blocks for bigger things, a Queue and a Lock.

Why would you build a Lock out of a Condition?

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