[issue2184] Speed up Thread.start()

Jeffrey Yasskin added the comment: Submitted as r61100. -- assignee: -> jyasskin resolution: -> fixed status: open -> closed __ Tracker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ ___

[issue2184] Speed up Thread.start()

New submission from Jeffrey Yasskin: Thread.start() used sleep(0.01) to make sure it didn't return before the new thread had started. At least on my MacBook Pro, that wound up sleeping for a full 10ms (probably 1 jiffy). By using an Event instead, we can be absolutely certain that the thread