Expand abbreviations FIFO and LIFO.

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Serhiy Storchaka 2016-05-16 09:31:54 +03:00
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@ -644,8 +644,9 @@ primitives like locks.
For passing messages one can use :func:`Pipe` (for a connection between two
processes) or a queue (which allows multiple producers and consumers).
The :class:`Queue`, :class:`SimpleQueue` and :class:`JoinableQueue` types are multi-producer,
multi-consumer FIFO queues modelled on the :class:`queue.Queue` class in the
The :class:`Queue`, :class:`SimpleQueue` and :class:`JoinableQueue` types
are multi-producer, multi-consumer :abbr:`FIFO (first-in, first-out)`
queues modelled on the :class:`queue.Queue` class in the
standard library. They differ in that :class:`Queue` lacks the
:meth:`~queue.Queue.task_done` and :meth:`~queue.Queue.join` methods introduced
into Python 2.5's :class:`queue.Queue` class.