Andy, You had an idea, and it was a pretty good idea, but the practical considerations made it a nonstarter. That's ok, it happens all the time, among both new and seasoned Python developers alike. Search for "a case for top and bottom values" on Google for a bit of a laugh ;) .
- Josiah On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 8:28 AM, Andy Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Guys > > So it seems as if I've made some pretty basic newbie mistakes then :-$ > > 1. Posting to the wrong list > 2. Posting about something that already has a work around > > oh well never mind - better luck next time ;-) > > Only one thing comes to my mind about the comments made saying that this is > no longer an issue: > > All of the solutions presented rely on the use of a third party library to > control the threading. It appears as if there have been no basic changes to > the thread package that ships with Python to resolve this. While it is > possible to set and read global variables &c to do something close - it > doesn't strike me as a nice solution as Python offers in so many other > places. > > However, I am willing to concede that as the issue has been dormant (or > appears to be) now for ~2years that it can not be a particularly burning > issue. So I'll go back and trawl the open issues for something else to help > my favourite language get better :-) > > > Andy > ----- > Brain chemistry is not just for Christmas > > [snipped the replies to cut down on re-quote spam - cos I kind of hate that] > ________________________________ > <snip> > > ________________________________ > Get fish-slapping on Messenger! Play Now _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com