@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
 """
 
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 
 # First we need to define a reentrant lock.
 # This is generally useful and should probably be in a standard Python
 
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 
 """
 
-import sys, os, string, getopt, thread, socket, traceback
+import sys, os, string, getopt, _thread, socket, traceback
 
 PORT = 4000                             # Default port
 
@@ -52,17 +52,17 @@ def main_thread(port):
             conn.close()
             print("Refusing connection from non-local host", addr[0], ".")
             continue
-        thread.start_new_thread(service_thread, (conn, addr))
+        _thread.start_new_thread(service_thread, (conn, addr))
         del conn, addr
 
 def service_thread(conn, addr):
     (caddr, cport) = addr
-    print("Thread %s has connection from %s.\n" % (str(thread.get_ident()),
+    print("Thread %s has connection from %s.\n" % (str(_thread.get_ident()),
                                                    caddr), end=' ')
     stdin = conn.makefile("r")
     stdout = conn.makefile("w", 0)
     run_interpreter(stdin, stdout)
-    print("Thread %s is done.\n" % str(thread.get_ident()), end=' ')
+    print("Thread %s is done.\n" % str(_thread.get_ident()), end=' ')
 
 def run_interpreter(stdin, stdout):
     globals = {}
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@
 #    current implementation consumes a thread for each coroutine that
 #    may be resumed.
 
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 import sync
 
 class _CoEvent:
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # Generator implementation using threads
 
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 
 Killed = 'Generator.Killed'
 
 
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@
 import time
 import os
 from stat import *
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 
 
 # Work queue class.  Usage:
 
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@
 #      if there are are no threads waiting to write.  (This is a
 #      weakness of the interface!)
 
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 
 class condition:
     def __init__(self, lock=None):
 
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
 
 import sys, os, time
 from socket import *
-import thread
+import _thread as thread
 
 BUFSIZE = 8*1024
 
 
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ in various ways.  There is a separate error indicator for each thread.
    be raised.  It may be called without holding the interpreter lock.
 
    .. % XXX This was described as obsolete, but is used in
-   .. % thread.interrupt_main() (used from IDLE), so it's still needed.
+   .. % _thread.interrupt_main() (used from IDLE), so it's still needed.
 
 
 .. cfunction:: int PySignal_SetWakeupFd(int fd)
 
@@ -539,15 +539,15 @@ supports the creation of additional interpreters (using
    This is a no-op when called for a second time.  It is safe to call this function
    before calling :cfunc:`Py_Initialize`.
 
-   .. index:: module: thread
+   .. index:: module: _thread
 
    When only the main thread exists, no lock operations are needed. This is a
    common situation (most Python programs do not use threads), and the lock
    operations slow the interpreter down a bit. Therefore, the lock is not created
    initially.  This situation is equivalent to having acquired the lock:  when
    there is only a single thread, all object accesses are safe.  Therefore, when
    this function initializes the lock, it also acquires it.  Before the Python
-   :mod:`thread` module creates a new thread, knowing that either it has the lock
+   :mod:`_thread` module creates a new thread, knowing that either it has the lock
    or the lock hasn't been created yet, it calls :cfunc:`PyEval_InitThreads`.  When
    this call returns, it is guaranteed that the lock has been created and that the
    calling thread has acquired it.
 
@@ -488,7 +488,7 @@ type objects) *must* have the :attr:`ob_size` field.
    reference cycles. A typical implementation of a :attr:`tp_traverse` function
    simply calls :cfunc:`Py_VISIT` on each of the instance's members that are Python
    objects.  For example, this is function :cfunc:`local_traverse` from the
-   :mod:`thread` extension module::
+   :mod:`_thread` extension module::
 
       static int
       local_traverse(localobject *self, visitproc visit, void *arg)