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- """Faux ``threading`` version using ``dummy_thread`` instead of ``thread``.
-
- The module ``_dummy_threading`` is added to ``sys.modules`` in order
- to not have ``threading`` considered imported. Had ``threading`` been
- directly imported it would have made all subsequent imports succeed
- regardless of whether ``thread`` was available which is not desired.
-
- """
- from sys import modules as sys_modules
-
- import dummy_thread
-
- # Declaring now so as to not have to nest ``try``s to get proper clean-up.
- holding_thread = False
- holding_threading = False
- holding__threading_local = False
-
- try:
- # Could have checked if ``thread`` was not in sys.modules and gone
- # a different route, but decided to mirror technique used with
- # ``threading`` below.
- if 'thread' in sys_modules:
- held_thread = sys_modules['thread']
- holding_thread = True
- # Must have some module named ``thread`` that implements its API
- # in order to initially import ``threading``.
- sys_modules['thread'] = sys_modules['dummy_thread']
-
- if 'threading' in sys_modules:
- # If ``threading`` is already imported, might as well prevent
- # trying to import it more than needed by saving it if it is
- # already imported before deleting it.
- held_threading = sys_modules['threading']
- holding_threading = True
- del sys_modules['threading']
-
- if '_threading_local' in sys_modules:
- # If ``_threading_local`` is already imported, might as well prevent
- # trying to import it more than needed by saving it if it is
- # already imported before deleting it.
- held__threading_local = sys_modules['_threading_local']
- holding__threading_local = True
- del sys_modules['_threading_local']
-
- import threading
- # Need a copy of the code kept somewhere...
- sys_modules['_dummy_threading'] = sys_modules['threading']
- del sys_modules['threading']
- sys_modules['_dummy__threading_local'] = sys_modules['_threading_local']
- del sys_modules['_threading_local']
- from _dummy_threading import *
- from _dummy_threading import __all__
-
- finally:
- # Put back ``threading`` if we overwrote earlier
-
- if holding_threading:
- sys_modules['threading'] = held_threading
- del held_threading
- del holding_threading
-
- # Put back ``_threading_local`` if we overwrote earlier
-
- if holding__threading_local:
- sys_modules['_threading_local'] = held__threading_local
- del held__threading_local
- del holding__threading_local
-
- # Put back ``thread`` if we overwrote, else del the entry we made
- if holding_thread:
- sys_modules['thread'] = held_thread
- del held_thread
- else:
- del sys_modules['thread']
- del holding_thread
-
- del dummy_thread
- del sys_modules
-