diff -r 0238cc842805 Doc/library/sched.rst --- a/Doc/library/sched.rst Thu Dec 06 17:49:58 2012 -0500 +++ b/Doc/library/sched.rst Sat Dec 08 12:49:24 2012 +0200 @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ .. versionchanged:: 3.3 *timefunc* and *delayfunc* parameters are optional. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 :class:`scheduler` class can be safely used in multi-threaded environments. @@ -129,4 +130,4 @@ Read-only attribute returning a list of upcoming events in the order they will be run. Each event is shown as a :term:`named tuple` with the - following fields: time, priority, action, argument. + following fields: time, priority, action, argument, kwargs. diff -r 0238cc842805 Lib/sched.py --- a/Lib/sched.py Thu Dec 06 17:49:58 2012 -0500 +++ b/Lib/sched.py Sat Dec 08 12:49:24 2012 +0200 @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ function is allowed to modify the queue. Time can be expressed as integers or floating point numbers, as long as it is consistent. -Events are specified by tuples (time, priority, action, argument). +Events are specified by tuples (time, priority, action, argument, kwargs). As in UNIX, lower priority numbers mean higher priority; in this way the queue can be maintained as a priority queue. Execution of the event means calling the action function, passing it the argument sequence in "argument" (remember that in Python, multiple function -arguments are be packed in a sequence). +arguments are be packed in a sequence) and keyword parameters in "kwargs". The action function may be an instance method so it has another way to reference private data (besides global variables). """ @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ """An ordered list of upcoming events. Events are named tuples with fields for: - time, priority, action, arguments + time, priority, action, arguments, kwargs """ # Use heapq to sort the queue rather than using 'sorted(self._queue)'.