alex goretoy wrote: > I've found a great example on how to do threads. It compares a ping > program in regular for loop and with threaded for loop. The link is > below if anyone is interested. > > http://www.wellho.net/solutions/python-python-threads-a-first-example.html > > I hope my eagerness to post doesn't annoy anyone. I like to get as much > info from as many places as possible and compare. This way I think I may > have a better solution for a problem. Plus people that Google will find > this post or any words in it. Any more information on threading a for > loop would be greatly appreciated. TIA > Your understanding that such eagerness can become annoying if taken too far is appreciated. So far I haven't heard anyone suggest you should move to comp.lang.somewhere-noobs-get-flamed ...
Be aware, however, that the CPython implementation won't net you any benefit if all threads are CPU-bound, since due to something called the GIL (global interpreter lock) no two threads will run concurrently. If you search my past posts on threading you will doubtless find a couple where I've posted my standard example. I don't want to bore long-time readers (any more than I normally do) by repeating it yet again. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +1 571 484 6266 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list