On Apr 7, 11:40 pm, Paul Rubin <http://[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there any reason Queue shouldn't have an iterator interface?
> I.e. instead of
>
> while True:
> item = work_queue.get()
> if item is quit_sentinel:
> # put sentinel back so other readers can find it
> work_queue.put(quit_sentinel)
> break
> process(item)
It's almost equal to:
for item in iter(work_queue.get, quit_sentinel):
process(item)
except that it doesn't keep the quit sentinel in the queue. But that's
a personal preference, I usually put as many quit sentinels in a queue
as many consumers.
-- Leo
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