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#
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"""
This module augments the standard python multithreaded Queue
implementation to add a close() method so that threads blocking on the
content of a queue can be notified if the queue is no longer in use.
"""

from Queue import Queue as BaseQueue, Empty, Full

class Closed(Exception): pass

class Queue(BaseQueue):

  END = object()

  def close(self):
    self.put(Queue.END)

  def get(self, block = True, timeout = None):
    result = BaseQueue.get(self, block, timeout)
    if result == Queue.END:
      # this guarantees that any other waiting threads or any future
      # calls to get will also result in a Closed exception
      self.put(Queue.END)
      raise Closed()
    else:
      return result