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Author amaury.forgeotdarc
Recipients amaury.forgeotdarc, brett.cannon, henrietta, pitrou, vstinner
Date 2011-01-20.12:13:37
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Message-id <1295525619.69.0.608420528641.issue10923@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
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> can't we raise a RuntimeError on a deadlock?

Deadlock detection is difficult, and probably impossible if the involved locks don't use the same underlying mechanism. (A lock can be a pthread object, a file opened with os.O_EXCL, and even a loop that tests some atomic variable)
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Date User Action Args
2011-01-20 12:13:39amaury.forgeotdarcsetrecipients: + amaury.forgeotdarc, brett.cannon, pitrou, vstinner, henrietta
2011-01-20 12:13:39amaury.forgeotdarcsetmessageid: <1295525619.69.0.608420528641.issue10923@psf.upfronthosting.co.za>
2011-01-20 12:13:37amaury.forgeotdarclinkissue10923 messages
2011-01-20 12:13:37amaury.forgeotdarccreate