[Guido van Rossum]
I don't propose to automate this. I propose this:
try: import threading except ImportError: import dummy_threading as threading
So is this an indirect request for me to write ``dumy_threading``? If it is it won't be hard: I would do an ``import *`` on ``threading`` and then override the functions it uses from ``thread`` with ``import ... from ... as ...`` from ``dummy_thread``. Also would mean rewriting the ``threading`` testing suite. Prefectly happy to write it, just need you to say you want it.
Yes. I don't want threading to automatically substitute dummy_thread for thread. Multiple imports of threading must all fail when thread cannot be imported.
Do you prefer I do a separate ``dummy_threading`` module or follow Martin's suggestions and just turn ``dummy_thread`` into a ``threading`` substitute itself? -Brett