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Python background threading and threadpool executor example
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| import threading | |
| from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor | |
| from time import sleep | |
| class ProcessingBackgroundThread: | |
| def __init__(self): | |
| thread = threading.Thread(target=self.process) | |
| thread.daemon = True | |
| thread.start() | |
| def process(self): | |
| print("Doing work") | |
| class ProcessingThreadPool(): | |
| def __init__(self): | |
| with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2) as executor: | |
| future = executor.submit(self.return_after_2_secs, ("hello")) | |
| print(future.done()) | |
| sleep(5) | |
| print(future.done()) | |
| print(future.result()) | |
| def return_after_2_secs(self, message): | |
| sleep(2) | |
| return message | |
| ProcessingBackgroundThread() | |
| ProcessingThreadPool() |
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