[Python-3000] threading, part 2

[Marcin 'Qrczak' Kowalczyk]

Josiah Carlson <jcarlson at uci.edu> writes:

> There is already a way of making Python source execution atomic with
> respect to other Python code [1].

It's not realistic to expect sys.setcheckinterval be implementable on
other runtimes.

Also, it doesn't provide a way to unblock asynchronous exceptions until
a particular blocking operation completes.

> 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.

It's like saying "if you don't want integer addition overflow, then
don't do addition".

I do want asynchronous exceptions, but not anywhere, only in selected
regions (or excluding selected regions). This can be designed well.

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