[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Tim Peters added the comment: New changeset e466faa9df9a1bd377d9725de5484471bc4af8d0 by Charlie Zhao in branch 'main': bpo-45735: Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works (GH-30982) https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/e466faa9df9a1bd377d9725de5484471bc4af8d0 -- _

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Change by Charlie Zhao : -- pull_requests: +29161 stage: needs patch -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/30982 ___ Python tracker ___ _

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Tim Peters added the comment: Charliz, please do! I have no idea why Raymond just stopped. He even deleted his initial message here, saying "I relied on this for many years. So, yet it would be nice to guarantee it :-)". Best I can tell, nothing has changed: lots of people have relied on th

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Yu Zhao added the comment: I'd like to work on this issue recently if it's still needed. According to suggestions in PR:https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/29437, I will: * Add doc example for Thread function; * Add some test cases for checking the validity of list args; * Repeat the abov

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Tim Peters added the comment: Changed stage back to "needs patch", since Raymond appears to have closed his PR. Raymond, what's up with that? -- stage: patch review -> needs patch ___ Python tracker ___

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Tim Peters added the comment: Serhiy, we haven't documented such stuff, and, indeed, I've been burned by it but much more often in the case of multiprocessing.Process. But note that I'm SWAPPING the order of your last two lines. In the original, you mutated the argument _before_ starting any

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Serhiy Storchaka added the comment: There is a difference if you modify the arguments list after creating a thread. args = [1] t = threading.Thread(target=access, args=args) args[0] = 2 t.start() Would it call access(1) or access(2)? -- nosy: +serhiy.storchaka __

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- Removed message: https://bugs.python.org/msg405847 ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mail

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Change by Raymond Hettinger : -- keywords: +patch pull_requests: +27691 stage: needs patch -> patch review pull_request: https://github.com/python/cpython/pull/29437 ___ Python tracker ___

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Raymond Hettinger added the comment: I relied on this for many years. So, yet it would be nice to guarantee it :-) -- nosy: +rhettinger ___ Python tracker ___ ___

[issue45735] Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works

Change by Tim Peters : -- title: Promise that the long-time truth that `args=list` works -> Promise the long-time truth that `args=list` works ___ Python tracker ___ _