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Date:	Mon, 24 Sep 2001 09:00:43 -0400
From:	Jason Tishler <jason AT tishler DOT net>
To:	Robert Collins <robert DOT collins AT itdomain DOT com DOT au>
Cc:	cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com, Norman Vine <nhv AT cape DOT com>
Subject:	Re: 1.3.4?
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	cygwin-developers AT cygwin DOT com, Norman Vine <nhv AT cape DOT com>
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Rob,

On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 02:06:04PM +1000, Robert Collins wrote:
> > From: Jason Tishler [mailto:jason AT tishler DOT net]
> > I'm leaning toward holding off releasing a threaded Python until your
> > muto upgrade in complete.  Do you concur?
> 
> So it's up to you really. I don't know when I'll get it done, (all my
> current hack time is on the daemon/setup). How often does it occur? Is
> it in the test suite only?

So far, the only time that I use the threading in threaded Python
is when I run the regression test.  I have only seen the hang is one
thread related regression test: test_threadedtempfile.py.  This test
spawns a lot of threads which I guess increases the probability that a
hang occurs.  Maybe under normal conditions, the race condition won't
happen too frequently (of course, until I release a threaded Python...).

Norman, would you care to comment on the above?  Do you use threaded
Cygwin Python?  If so, have you seen this or other thread related hangs?

Thanks,
Jason

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