[Python-3000] Useless methods in Queue module
Aahz
aahz at pythoncraft.com
Fri Jan 11 20:16:01 CET 2008
On Fri, Jan 11, 2008, Raymond Hettinger wrote:
>
> I proposed to remove three methods from the queue module, qsize(),
> empty(), and full(). These are not reliable. The RightWay (tm) is to
> trap the Empty and Full exceptions or use the .join() approach.
Although I'm not going to advocate for retaining them, I see them as
mildly useful for logging purposes (especially qsize()).
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