From 5a2eb17aca6405f8a92ab3834fea76936b928b47 2013-10-18 14:16:05
From: Jonah Graham <jonah@kichwacoders.com>
Date: 2013-10-18 14:16:05
Subject: [PATCH] Provide a name of the HistorySavingThread

This name appears when using PyDev to debug and is more informative
than the default "Thread-N"

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diff --git a/IPython/core/history.py b/IPython/core/history.py
index 6104ba7..13fcf58 100644
--- a/IPython/core/history.py
+++ b/IPython/core/history.py
@@ -713,7 +713,7 @@ class HistorySavingThread(threading.Thread):
     stop_now = False
     enabled = True
     def __init__(self, history_manager):
-        super(HistorySavingThread, self).__init__()
+        super(HistorySavingThread, self).__init__(name="IPythonHistorySavingThread")
         self.history_manager = history_manager
         self.enabled = history_manager.enabled
         atexit.register(self.stop)