def importHelper(self, struct):
        m = StrStrHashMap()
        keysAndValues = struct.get(self.__field)
        for i in range(0, len(keysAndValues), 2):
            m[keysAndValues[i]] = keysAndValues[i+1]
        return m
def _check_sigint_gate_is_correct(self):
        assert (
            self._threads_ignoring_sigint >= 0
        ), "This should never happen, someone must have modified the counter outside of SignalHandler."