@@ -1,12 +1,12 @@
 
-:mod:`Queue` --- A synchronized queue class
+:mod:`queue` --- A synchronized queue class
 ===========================================
 
-.. module:: Queue
+.. module:: queue
    :synopsis: A synchronized queue class.
 
 
-The :mod:`Queue` module implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues.
+The :mod:`queue` module implements multi-producer, multi-consumer queues.
 It is especially useful in threaded programming when information must be
 exchanged safely between multiple threads.  The :class:`Queue` class in this
 module implements all the required locking semantics.  It depends on the
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ the first retrieved (operating like a stack).  With a priority queue,
 the entries are kept sorted (using the :mod:`heapq` module) and the
 lowest valued entry is retrieved first.
 
-The :mod:`Queue` module defines the following classes and exceptions:
+The :mod:`queue` module defines the following classes and exceptions:
 
 .. class:: Queue(maxsize)
 
 
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
 
 This module constructs higher-level threading interfaces on top of the  lower
 level :mod:`thread` module.
-See also the :mod:`Queue` module.
+See also the :mod:`queue` module.
 
 The :mod:`dummy_threading` module is provided for situations where
 :mod:`threading` cannot be used because :mod:`thread` is missing.
 
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ The :keyword:`raise` statement
 If no expressions are present, :keyword:`raise` re-raises the last exception
 that was active in the current scope.  If no exception is active in the current
 scope, a :exc:`TypeError` exception is raised indicating that this is an error
-(if running under IDLE, a :exc:`Queue.Empty` exception is raised instead).
+(if running under IDLE, a :exc:`queue.Empty` exception is raised instead).
 
 Otherwise, :keyword:`raise` evaluates the first expression as the exception
 object.  It must be either a subclass or an instance of :class:`BaseException`.
 
@@ -198,7 +198,7 @@ variables, and semaphores.
 While those tools are powerful, minor design errors can result in problems that
 are difficult to reproduce.  So, the preferred approach to task coordination is
 to concentrate all access to a resource in a single thread and then use the
-:mod:`Queue` module to feed that thread with requests from other threads.
+:mod:`queue` module to feed that thread with requests from other threads.
 Applications using :class:`Queue` objects for inter-thread communication and
 coordination are easier to design, more readable, and more reliable.
 
 
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@
 import struct
 import pickle
 import threading
-import Queue
+import queue
 import traceback
 import copyreg
 import types
@@ -117,8 +117,8 @@ def handle_error(self, request, client_address):
 #----------------- end class RPCServer --------------------
 
 objecttable = {}
-request_queue = Queue.Queue(0)
-response_queue = Queue.Queue(0)
+request_queue = queue.Queue(0)
+response_queue = queue.Queue(0)
 
 
 class SocketIO(object):
@@ -413,7 +413,7 @@ def pollresponse(self, myseq, wait):
             # send queued response if there is one available
             try:
                 qmsg = response_queue.get(0)
-            except Queue.Empty:
+            except queue.Empty:
                 pass
             else:
                 seq, response = qmsg
 
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 import traceback
 import thread
 import threading
-import Queue
+import queue
 
 from idlelib import CallTips
 from idlelib import AutoComplete
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ def main(del_exitfunc=False):
                     continue
             try:
                 seq, request = rpc.request_queue.get(block=True, timeout=0.05)
-            except Queue.Empty:
+            except queue.Empty:
                 continue
             method, args, kwargs = request
             ret = method(*args, **kwargs)
 
@@ -90,6 +90,20 @@ def qsize(self):
         self.mutex.release()
         return n
 
+    def empty(self):
+        """Return True if the queue is empty, False otherwise (not reliable!)."""
+        self.mutex.acquire()
+        n = not self._qsize()
+        self.mutex.release()
+        return n
+
+    def full(self):
+        """Return True if the queue is full, False otherwise (not reliable!)."""
+        self.mutex.acquire()
+        n = 0 < self.maxsize == self._qsize()
+        self.mutex.release()
+        return n
+
     def put(self, item, block=True, timeout=None):
         """Put an item into the queue.
 
 
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
 """
 import dummy_thread as _thread
 import time
-import Queue
+import queue
 import random
 import unittest
 from test import test_support
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ def arg_tester(queue, arg1=False, arg2=False):
             """Use to test _thread.start_new_thread() passes args properly."""
             queue.put((arg1, arg2))
 
-        testing_queue = Queue.Queue(1)
+        testing_queue = queue.Queue(1)
         _thread.start_new_thread(arg_tester, (testing_queue, True, True))
         result = testing_queue.get()
         self.failUnless(result[0] and result[1],
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ def queue_mark(queue, delay):
             queue.put(_thread.get_ident())
 
         thread_count = 5
-        testing_queue = Queue.Queue(thread_count)
+        testing_queue = queue.Queue(thread_count)
         if test_support.verbose:
             print()
             print("*** Testing multiple thread creation "\
 
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# Some simple Queue module tests, plus some failure conditions
+# Some simple queue module tests, plus some failure conditions
 # to ensure the Queue locks remain stable.
-import Queue
+import queue
 import sys
 import threading
 import time
@@ -112,12 +112,12 @@ def simple_queue_test(self, q):
         try:
             q.put(full, block=0)
             self.fail("Didn't appear to block with a full queue")
-        except Queue.Full:
+        except queue.Full:
             pass
         try:
             q.put(full, timeout=0.01)
             self.fail("Didn't appear to time-out with a full queue")
-        except Queue.Full:
+        except queue.Full:
             pass
         # Test a blocking put
         self.do_blocking_test(q.put, (full,), q.get, ())
@@ -129,12 +129,12 @@ def simple_queue_test(self, q):
         try:
             q.get(block=0)
             self.fail("Didn't appear to block with an empty queue")
-        except Queue.Empty:
+        except queue.Empty:
             pass
         try:
             q.get(timeout=0.01)
             self.fail("Didn't appear to time-out with an empty queue")
-        except Queue.Empty:
+        except queue.Empty:
             pass
         # Test a blocking get
         self.do_blocking_test(q.get, (), q.put, ('empty',))
@@ -196,35 +196,35 @@ def test_simple_queue(self):
 
 
 class QueueTest(BaseQueueTest):
-    type2test = Queue.Queue
+    type2test = queue.Queue
 
 class LifoQueueTest(BaseQueueTest):
-    type2test = Queue.LifoQueue
+    type2test = queue.LifoQueue
 
 class PriorityQueueTest(BaseQueueTest):
-    type2test = Queue.PriorityQueue
+    type2test = queue.PriorityQueue
 
 
 
 # A Queue subclass that can provoke failure at a moment's notice :)
 class FailingQueueException(Exception):
     pass
 
-class FailingQueue(Queue.Queue):
+class FailingQueue(queue.Queue):
     def __init__(self, *args):
         self.fail_next_put = False
         self.fail_next_get = False
-        Queue.Queue.__init__(self, *args)
+        queue.Queue.__init__(self, *args)
     def _put(self, item):
         if self.fail_next_put:
             self.fail_next_put = False
             raise FailingQueueException("You Lose")
-        return Queue.Queue._put(self, item)
+        return queue.Queue._put(self, item)
     def _get(self):
         if self.fail_next_get:
             self.fail_next_get = False
             raise FailingQueueException("You Lose")
-        return Queue.Queue._get(self)
+        return queue.Queue._get(self)
 
 class FailingQueueTest(unittest.TestCase, BlockingTestMixin):
 
 
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
 import thread, threading
 import time
 import traceback
-import Queue
+import queue
 import sys
 import os
 import array
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ def _setUp(self):
         self.server_ready = threading.Event()
         self.client_ready = threading.Event()
         self.done = threading.Event()
-        self.queue = Queue.Queue(1)
+        self.queue = queue.Queue(1)
 
         # Do some munging to start the client test.
         methodname = self.id()