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Author	sblondon
Recipients	barry, ncoghlan, r.david.murray, sblondon, serhiy.storchaka
Date	2017-12-18.14:04:06
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If the access is read-only, the lock is not required [1]. However, I agree it does not worth to be more complex (changing the signature of the subclass or adding another context manager for the lock). I updated the patch and documentation so the mailbox is locked at the __enter__(). 1: For example, the first source code example at https://docs.python.org/3/library/mailbox.html#examples

If the access is read-only, the lock is not required [1].  However, I agree
it does not worth to be more complex (changing the signature of the
subclass or adding another context manager for the lock).
I updated the patch and documentation so the mailbox is locked at the
__enter__().

1:  For example, the first source code example at
https://docs.python.org/3/library/mailbox.html#examples

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Date	User	Action	Args
2017-12-18 14:04:06	sblondon	set	recipients: + sblondon, barry, ncoghlan, r.david.murray, serhiy.storchaka
2017-12-18 14:04:06	sblondon	link	issue32234 messages
2017-12-18 14:04:06	sblondon	create