Remap old method names in a better way.

This should prevent some reference cycles that will cause garbage
collection issues.

1 files changed, 16 insertions, 13 deletions

diff --git a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
index 560b80a0..87771adf 100644
--- a/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
+++ b/sleekxmpp/xmlstream/xmlstream.py
@@ -149,19 +149,6 @@ class XMLStream(object):
             port   -- The port to use for the connection.
                       Defaults to 0.
         """
-        # To comply with PEP8, method names now use underscores.
-        # Deprecated method names are re-mapped for backwards compatibility.
-        self.startTLS = self.start_tls
-        self.registerStanza = self.register_stanza
-        self.removeStanza = self.remove_stanza
-        self.registerHandler = self.register_handler
-        self.removeHandler = self.remove_handler
-        self.setSocket = self.set_socket
-        self.sendRaw = self.send_raw
-        self.getId = self.get_id
-        self.getNewId = self.new_id
-        self.sendXML = self.send_xml
-
         self.ssl_support = SSL_SUPPORT
         self.ssl_version = ssl.PROTOCOL_TLSv1
         self.ca_certs = None
@@ -970,9 +957,11 @@ class XMLStream(object):
         is not caught.
         """
         init_old = threading.Thread.__init__
+
         def init(self, *args, **kwargs):
             init_old(self, *args, **kwargs)
             run_old = self.run
+
             def run_with_except_hook(*args, **kw):
                 try:
                     run_old(*args, **kw)
@@ -982,3 +971,17 @@ class XMLStream(object):
                     sys.excepthook(*sys.exc_info())
             self.run = run_with_except_hook
         threading.Thread.__init__ = init
+
+
+# To comply with PEP8, method names now use underscores.
+# Deprecated method names are re-mapped for backwards compatibility.
+XMLStream.startTLS = XMLStream.start_tls
+XMLStream.registerStanza = XMLStream.register_stanza
+XMLStream.removeStanza = XMLStream.remove_stanza
+XMLStream.registerHandler = XMLStream.register_handler
+XMLStream.removeHandler = XMLStream.remove_handler
+XMLStream.setSocket = XMLStream.set_socket
+XMLStream.sendRaw = XMLStream.send_raw
+XMLStream.getId = XMLStream.get_id
+XMLStream.getNewId = XMLStream.new_id
+XMLStream.sendXML = XMLStream.send_xml