Oleg Iarygin <o...@arhadthedev.net> added the comment:
> bpo-15500 looks like a more generic option, debuggers should be able to > retrieve thread names. That option is not viable. 1. > Created on 2012-07-30 16:19 by bra, last changed 2022-01-19 00:32 by pitrou 2. > I don't think this should be done by default as it will break people's expectations and, perhaps worse, compatibility. 3. > It is indeed the compatibility that is the worse issue. The problem is what people have gotten used to and may have coded their applications to expect/deal with. I agree with you that most people would *not* find it surprising to see the name reflected in the OS, but I don't think the convenience of that is worth introducing a potential backward incompatibility. Any chances? ---------- nosy: +arhadthedev _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue46649> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
