[Python-Dev] Autoloading? (Making Queue.Queue easier to use)

[john.m.camara@comcast.net]

> John Camera writes:
> > It sounds like he feels Queue should just be part of threading but queues
> > can be used in other contexts besides threading.  So having separate
> > modules is a good thing.
>
> Michael Chermside
> Perhaps I am wrong here, but the Queue.Queue class is designed specifically
> for synchronization, and I have always been under the impression that
> it was probably NOT the best tool for normal queues that have nothing
> to do with threading. Why incur the overhead of synchronization locks
> when you don't intend to use them. I would advise against using Queue.Queue
> in any context besides threading.

I haven't used the Queue class before as I normally use a list for a queue.  
I just assumed a Queue was just a queue that was perhaps optimized for 
performance.  I guess I would have expected the Queue class as defined 
in the standard library to have a different name if it wasn't just a queue.
Well I should have known better than to make assumption on this list. :)

I now see where Greg is coming from but I'm still not comfortable having 
it in the threading module.  To me threads and queues are two different 
beasts.

John M. Camara