[Python-Dev] should tests be thread-safe?

Akira Li 4kir4.1i at gmail.com
Sun May 11 14:02:31 CEST 2014


Victor Stinner <victor.stinner at gmail.com> writes:

> If you need a well defined environement, run your test in a subprocess.
> Depending on the random function, your test may be run with more threads.
> On BSD, it changes for example which thread receives a signal. Importing
> the tkinter module creates a "hidden" C thread for the Tk loop.

Does it mean that non-thread-safe tests can't be run using a GUI test
runner that is implemented using tkinter?


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akira



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