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r75123 | philip.jenvey | 2009-09-28 21:32:44 -0700 (Mon, 28 Sep 2009) | 4 lines
#6990: clear threading.local's key only after its thread state is removed:
fixes local subclasses leaving old state around after a ref cycle GC which
could be recycled by new locals
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When a thread touches such an object for the first time, a new thread-local __dict__ is created,
and the __init__ method is run.
But a thread switch can occur here; if the other thread touches the same object, it installs another
__dict__; when the first thread resumes, it updates the dictionary of the second...
This is the deep cause of the failures in test_multiprocessing involving "managers" objects.
Also a 2.5 backport candidate.
Philip Jenvey
Amaury Forgeot d'Arc
Christian Heimes
Collin Winter
Jim Fulton