[Python-3000] threading, part 2

[Jason Orendorff]

On 8/11/06, Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> wrote:
> Slawomir Nowaczyk <slawomir.nowaczyk.847 at student.lu.se> wrote:
> > But it should not be done lightly and never when the code is not
> > specifically expecting it.
>
> If you don't want random exceptions being raised in your threads, then
> don't use this method that is capable of raising exceptions somewhat
> randomly.

I agree.  The only question is how dire the warnings should be.

I'll answer that question with another question:  Are we going to make
the standard library robust against asynchronous exceptions?  For
example, class Thread has an attribute __stopped that is set using
code similar to the example code I posted.  An exception at just the
wrong time would kill the thread while leaving __stopped == False.

Maybe that particular case is worth fixing, but to find and fix them
all?  Better to put strong warnings on this one method: may cause
unpredictable brokenness.

-j