Re: Not fully understanding the role of Queue.task_done()

[Fredrik Lundh]

Aahz wrote:

why are you using a queue for this case, btw?  why not just use a plain list
    L = []
    lock = threading.Lock()

and add stuff using append in the monitor threads

    with lock:
        L.append(item)

Because using a queue requires less thinking.

given that the whole reason for this thread was that Queue API didn't 
fit the OP:s problem, that's a rather dubious statement.

(btw, I've always thought that Python was all about making it easy to 
express the solution to a given problem in code, not to let you write 
programs without using your brain.  when did that change?)

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