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+"""
+See documentation for dump_queue defined here.
+"""
+import Queue
+
+
+def dump_queue(queue):
+    """
+    Empties all pending items in a queue
+    and returns them in a list.
+    """
+    result=[]
+
+    while True:
+        try:
+            thing=queue.get(block=False)
+            result.append(thing)
+        except Queue.Empty:
+            return result
+