Package python3-module-locket: Information

Locket implements a lock that can be used by multiple processes provided
they use the same path.

Locks largely behave as (non-reentrant) `Lock` instances from the `threading`
module in the standard library. Specifically, their behaviour is:

* Locks are uniquely identified by the file being locked,
  both in the same process and across different processes.
* Locks are either in a locked or unlocked state.
* When the lock is unlocked, calling `acquire()` returns immediately and changes
  the lock state to locked.
* When the lock is locked, calling `acquire()` will block until the lock state
  changes to unlocked, or until the timeout expires.
* If a process holds a lock, any thread in that process can call `release()` to
  change the state to unlocked.
* Behaviour of locks after `fork` is undefined.

Package python3-module-locket: Information

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