Message 68396 - Python tracker

2.5 has the same behavior:

Python 2.5.2 (r252:60911, Feb 21 2008, 13:11:45) [MSC v.1310 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
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>>> import Queue
>>> q = Queue.Queue()
>>> q.get()
.... block forever ...

Did you get different results?