Add some notes about threading.locals

Marius beat me to the punch with the fix this time :)

from_cpython/Include/pystate.h

@@ -118,6 +118,8 @@ typedef struct _ts {
     PyObject *curexc_traceback;
 
     PyObject *dict;  /* Stores per-thread state */
+
+    // Pyston note: additions in here need to be mirrored in ThreadStateInternal::accept
 } PyThreadState;
 
 

test/tests/threading_local.py

+import gc
 import threading
 
 a = threading.local()
@@ -7,9 +8,14 @@ def f():
     a.x = "goodbye world"
     print a.x
 
-thread = threading.Thread(target=f)
-thread.start()
-thread.join()
+def test():
+    thread = threading.Thread(target=f)
+    thread.start()
+    thread.join()
 
-print a.x
-print getattr(a, "doesnt_exist", 5)
+    print a.x
+    print getattr(a, "doesnt_exist", 5)
+
+for i in xrange(10):
+    test()
+    gc.collect()