def release(self):
        """Release the lock."""
        #  This decrements the appropriate lock counters, and if the lock
        #  becomes free, it looks for a queued thread to hand it off to.
        #  By doing the handoff here we ensure fairness.
        me = currentThread()
        with self._lock:
            if self.is_exclusive:
                if self._exclusive_owner is not me:
                    raise RuntimeError("release() called on unheld lock")
                self.is_exclusive -= 1
                if not self.is_exclusive:
                    self._exclusive_owner = None
                    #  If there are waiting shared locks, issue it to them
                    #  all and then wake everyone up.
                    if self._shared_queue:
                        for (thread,waiter) in self._shared_queue:
                            self.is_shared += 1
                            self._shared_owners[thread] = 1
                            waiter.notify()
                        del self._shared_queue[:]
                    #  Otherwise, if there are waiting exclusive locks,
                    #  they get first dibbs on the lock.
                    elif self._exclusive_queue:
                        (thread,waiter) = self._exclusive_queue.pop(0)
                        self._exclusive_owner = thread
                        self.is_exclusive += 1
                        waiter.notify()
            elif self.is_shared:
                try:
                    self._shared_owners[me] -= 1
                    if self._shared_owners[me] == 0:
                        del self._shared_owners[me]
                except KeyError:
                    raise RuntimeError("release() called on unheld lock")
                self.is_shared -= 1
                if not self.is_shared:
                    #  If there are waiting exclusive locks,
                    #  they get first dibbs on the lock.
                    if self._exclusive_queue:
                        (thread,waiter) = self._exclusive_queue.pop(0)
                        self._exclusive_owner = thread
                        self.is_exclusive += 1
                        waiter.notify()
                    else:
                        assert not self._shared_queue
            else:
                raise RuntimeError("release() called on unheld lock")
Release the lock.