Circular lock waiting.
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What is a deadlock in Python?
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A deadlock is when threads each hold a lock the other needs and wait forever; avoid it by acquiring locks in a consistent global order or using timeouts.
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PYAvoid deadlock with a lock-acquire timeout
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