1:mod:`_dummy_thread` --- Drop-in replacement for the :mod:`_thread` module 2========================================================================== 3 4.. module:: _dummy_thread 5 :synopsis: Drop-in replacement for the _thread module. 6 7**Source code:** :source:`Lib/_dummy_thread.py` 8 9.. deprecated:: 3.7 10 Python now always has threading enabled. Please use :mod:`_thread` 11 (or, better, :mod:`threading`) instead. 12 13-------------- 14 15This module provides a duplicate interface to the :mod:`_thread` module. 16It was meant to be imported when the :mod:`_thread` module was not provided 17on a platform. 18 19Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being 20created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. This often occurs 21with blocking I/O. 22 23