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+__MySQLdb = __import__('MySQLdb')
+
+__all__ = __MySQLdb.__all__
+__patched__ = ["connect", "Connect", 'Connection', 'connections']
+
+from eventlet.patcher import slurp_properties
+slurp_properties(
+ __MySQLdb, globals(),
+ ignore=__patched__, srckeys=dir(__MySQLdb))
+
+from eventlet import tpool
+
+__orig_connections = __import__('MySQLdb.connections').connections
+
+
+def Connection(*args, **kw):
+ conn = tpool.execute(__orig_connections.Connection, *args, **kw)
+ return tpool.Proxy(conn, autowrap_names=('cursor',))
+connect = Connect = Connection
+
+
+# replicate the MySQLdb.connections module but with a tpooled Connection factory
+class MySQLdbConnectionsModule(object):
+ pass
+
+connections = MySQLdbConnectionsModule()
+for var in dir(__orig_connections):
+ if not var.startswith('__'):
+ setattr(connections, var, getattr(__orig_connections, var))
+connections.Connection = Connection
+
+cursors = __import__('MySQLdb.cursors').cursors
+converters = __import__('MySQLdb.converters').converters
+
+# TODO support instantiating cursors.FooCursor objects directly
+# TODO though this is a low priority, it would be nice if we supported
+# subclassing eventlet.green.MySQLdb.connections.Connection