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authorDana Powers <dana.powers@rd.io>2015-06-08 17:25:45 -0700
committerDana Powers <dana.powers@rd.io>2015-06-08 18:59:23 -0700
commit0dc6663d24f6b9386ac2119a4a11836391e5da65 (patch)
tree47a2fa30bfa32a4714c74afa2989944bcb86e56a /kafka/client.py
parentc0fb0de7c4ced45dae4e09cdc660ebc741e11af3 (diff)
downloadkafka-python-0dc6663d24f6b9386ac2119a4a11836391e5da65.tar.gz
Add a few extra docstring comments about thread-safe clients/connections
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diff --git a/kafka/client.py b/kafka/client.py
index 63c9073..20e20f2 100644
--- a/kafka/client.py
+++ b/kafka/client.py
@@ -254,8 +254,11 @@ class KafkaClient(object):
def copy(self):
"""
- Create an inactive copy of the client object
- A reinit() has to be done on the copy before it can be used again
+ Create an inactive copy of the client object, suitable for passing
+ to a separate thread.
+
+ Note that the copied connections are not initialized, so reinit() must
+ be called on the returned copy.
"""
c = copy.deepcopy(self)
for key in c.conns: