diff --git a/recipes/Python/365292_Active_Objects/recipe-365292.py b/recipes/Python/365292_Active_Objects/recipe-365292.py
index 8c830426b..c6264cacb 100644
--- a/recipes/Python/365292_Active_Objects/recipe-365292.py
+++ b/recipes/Python/365292_Active_Objects/recipe-365292.py
@@ -7,13 +7,19 @@
 """
 
 from threading import Thread, Event, RLock
-from Queue import Queue
+
+try:
+    from queue import Queue
+except ImportError:
+    from Queue import Queue
+
 
 class AsyncResult:
     """Represents an asynchronous operation that may not have completed yet."""
+
     def __init__(self):
-        self.completed = False
-        self.failed = False
+        self.__completed = False
+        self.__failed = False
         self.__wait = Event()
         self.__callbacks = []
         self.__errbacks = []
@@ -22,69 +28,63 @@ def __init__(self):
         self.__lock = RLock()
 
     def complete(self):
-        self.__lock.acquire()
-        self.completed = True
-        self.__wait.set()
-        self.__lock.release()
+        with self.__lock:
+            self.__completed = True
+            self.__wait.set()
 
     def succeed(self, retval):
         self.__retval = retval
         self.complete()
         for callback in self.__callbacks:
             callback(retval)
-        self.clearCallbacks()
-        
+        self.clear_callbacks()
+
     def fail(self, error):
         self.__error = error
-        self.failed = True
+        self.__failed = True
         self.complete()
         for errback in self.__errbacks:
             errback(error)
-        self.clearCallbacks()
+        self.clear_callbacks()
 
-    def clearCallbacks(self):
+    def clear_callbacks(self):
         self.__callbacks = []
         self.__errbacks = []
 
-    def addCallback(self, callback, errback=None):
-        self.__lock.acquire()
-        try:
-            if self.completed:
-                if not self.failed:
+    def add_callback(self, callback, errback=None):
+        with self.__lock:
+            if self.__completed:
+                if not self.__failed:
                     callback(self.__retval)
             else:
                 self.__callbacks.append(callback)
-            if not errback == None:
-                self.addErrback(errback)
-        finally:
-            self.__lock.release()
-
-    def addErrback(self, errback):
-        self.__lock.acquire()
-        try:
-            if self.completed:
-                if self.failed:
+            if errback:
+                self.add_errback(errback)
+
+    def add_errback(self, errback):
+        with self.__lock:
+            if self.__completed:
+                if self.__failed:
                     errback(self.__error)
             else:
                 self.__errbacks.append(errback)
-        finally:
-            self.__lock.release()
-            
-    def __getResult(self):
+
+    @property
+    def result(self):
         self.__wait.wait()
-        if not self.failed:
+        if not self.__failed:
             return self.__retval
         else:
             raise self.__error
-    result=property(__getResult)
 
-       
+
 class Message:
     """Represents a message forwarded to a passive object by an active object"""
+
     def __init__(self, fun, queue):
         self.fun = fun
         self.queue = queue
-        
+
     def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.args = args
         self.kwargs = kwargs
@@ -93,43 +93,45 @@ def __call__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         return self.result
 
     def call(self):
-        return self.fun(*(self.args), **(self.kwargs))
+        return self.fun(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
+
 
 class ActiveObject:
     """An object that handles messages sequentially on a separate thread.
     Call stop() to terminate the object's internal message loop."""
+
     def __init__(self, klass, *args, **kwargs):
         self.__obj = klass(*args, **kwargs)
         self.__queue = Queue()
-        self.__thread = Thread(target=self.__processQueue)
+        self.__thread = Thread(target=self.__process_queue)
         self.__thread.start()
         self.stopped = False
 
     def stop(self):
         self.__queue.put(StopIteration)
-        
-    def __processQueue(self):
+
+    def __process_queue(self):
         while True:
             message = self.__queue.get()
             retval = None
             failure = None
-            if message==StopIteration:
+            if message == StopIteration:
                 self.stopped = True
                 break
             try:
                 retval = message.call()
-            except Exception, e:
+            except Exception as e:
                 failure = e
-            if failure==None:
+            if failure is None:
                 message.result.succeed(retval)
             else:
                 message.result.fail(failure)
-            
+
     def __getattr__(self, attrname):
         if self.stopped:
             raise AttributeError("Object is no longer active.")
         fun = getattr(self.__obj, attrname)
-        if hasattr(fun, '__call__'):
+        if callable(fun):
             return Message(getattr(self.__obj, attrname), self.__queue)
         else:
             raise AttributeError("Active object does not support this function.")