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It is meant to be imported when the <a title="Create multiple threads of control within one interpreter." class="reference external" href="thread.html#module-thread"><tt class="xref docutils literal"><span class="pre">thread</span></tt></a> module is not provided on a platform.</p> <p>Suggested usage is:</p> <div class="highlight-python"><div class="highlight"><pre><span class="k">try</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">threading</span> <span class="kn">as</span> <span class="nn">_threading</span> <span class="k">except</span> <span class="ne">ImportError</span><span class="p">:</span> <span class="kn">import</span> <span class="nn">dummy_threading</span> <span class="kn">as</span> <span class="nn">_threading</span> </pre></div> </div> <p>Be careful to not use this module where deadlock might occur from a thread being created that blocks waiting for another thread to be created. 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