The threading module contains buggy code:
class Thread(_Verbose):
...
def start(self):
assert self.__initialized, "Thread.__init__() not called"
assert not self.__started, "thread already started"
...
If you run such code with python -O, weird stuff may happen when you
call mythread.start() multiple times. -O removes assert statements so
the code won't fail with an AssertionError which would be expected.
So what real exception should Thread.start() raise? I have suggested
adding an IllegalStateError modelled after java's
IllegalStateException, but that idea was rejected. So what exception
should be raised here, is it a RuntimeError?
--
mvh Björn
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