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diff --git a/doc/using.rst b/doc/using.rst index 0956085..d36a34a 100644 --- a/doc/using.rst +++ b/doc/using.rst @@ -79,6 +79,22 @@ Hello World:: <https://docs.python.org/dev/library/asyncio.html>`_. +Threads +------- + +Running an event loop in a thread different than the main thread is currently +experimental. + +An eventlet Event object is not thread-safe, it must only be used in the +same thread. Use threading.Event to signal events between threads, +and threading.Queue to pass data between threads. + +Use ``threading = eventlet.patcher.original('threading')`` to get the original +threading instead of ``import threading``. + +It is not possible to run two aiogreen event loops in the same thread. + + Debug mode ---------- |