[issue3155] Python should expose a pthread_cond_timedwait API for threading

Antoine Pitrou added the comment: I hadn't seen this issue existed. This has been done in r80071 (see issue #7316). -- nosy: +pitrou resolution: -> out of date status: open -> closed superseder: -> Add a timeout functionality to common locking operations

[issue3155] Python should expose a pthread_cond_timedwait API for threading

Mark Lawrence added the comment: Is anybody with knowledge of the threading module likely to pick this one up? -- nosy: +BreamoreBoy ___ Python tracker ___ __

[issue3155] Python should expose a pthread_cond_timedwait API for threading

Changes by Adam Olsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: -- nosy: +Rhamphoryncus ___ Python tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ___ ___ Python-bugs-list maili

[issue3155] Python should expose a pthread_cond_timedwait API for threading

New submission from Gregory P. Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Currently the threading module has loops in it such as threading.Condition.wait's loop that attempts to acquire a lock in non-blocking mode and if it fails, sleeps for a while and trys again. (with exponential backoff of sleep time from 5