[Python-3000] Useless methods in Queue module

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    Leif> I think the point is that, with multiple threads, those methods
    Leif> are not guaranteed to be correct, whereas trapping the exceptions
    Leif> apparently are, and therefore, leaving those methods in is
    Leif> confusing to new programmers who might assume they work and use
    Leif> them without a second thought.

For the guy who said he wanted to maintain an average qsize (not too small,
not too big), empty() and full() don't help.  He'll have to implement a
qsize() function or monkey patch (or subclass) the Queue class.  I agree
with Guido that empty() and full() can go with no great consequence.
qsize() should stay though.  In my old threading code (stuff I no longer
use) qsize() was the only one of the three I ever used.

That said, I don't understand why things can't just be left as-is.  I can't
see that they are hurting anything.  All three have long been documented as
not reliable.  It's not like it should be a surprise to anyone that

    if not q.qsize():
        print q.qsize()

might print something besides 0.  And if it is a surprise, they should
probably not be programming with threads. <0.5-even-rounded wink>

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