From ca63c26e0141fcf9a2d4018525a7182d7b7a3653 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: David Wilson <dw@botanicus.net>
Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:58:55 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] core: Make Latch.put(obj=) optional.

---
 mitogen/core.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/mitogen/core.py b/mitogen/core.py
index cfdf996b..dcca2e91 100644
--- a/mitogen/core.py
+++ b/mitogen/core.py
@@ -2240,11 +2240,14 @@ class Latch(object):
         finally:
             self._lock.release()
 
-    def put(self, obj):
+    def put(self, obj=None):
         """
         Enqueue an object, waking the first thread waiting for a result, if one
         exists.
 
+        :param obj:
+            Object to enqueue. Defaults to :data:`None` as a convenience when
+            using :class:`Latch` only for synchronization.
         :raises mitogen.core.LatchError:
             :meth:`close` has been called, and the object is no longer valid.
         """