adam olsen kjbnfagmailcom tue apr 29 2008 308 pm brett cannon wrote tue apr 29 2008 805 alex martelli wrote snip alexs wellargued reasons keep sched needed discuss pure simulation opposed simulationtesting systems designed normally use real sched already seems plenty use cases justify retaining sched library ok sched stays need mutex stay asis get rolled sched still ditch module least publicly codesearch shows users mutex although nearly many sched couple seemed think threading think good reason least rename actually wouldnt surprised half uses mistakenly believe threadsafe mutex disturbingly common see loop testandset returns true always first call never method shouldnt exist worth effort redesigning obscure module say rip adam olsen aka rhamphoryncus _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 223925 0600 python3000 pep 3108 stdlib reorgcleanup