On 2011-09-02, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.pyt...@pearwood.info> wrote: > Roy Smith wrote: >> I have a function I want to run in a thread and return a value. It >> seems like the most obvious way to do this is to have my target >> function return the value, the Thread object stash that someplace, and >> return it as the return value for join().
>> Yes, I know there's other ways for a thread to return values (pass the >> target a queue, for example), but making the return value of the >> target function available would have been the most convenient. I'm >> curious why threading wasn't implemented this way. > Because then the code launching the thread would have to block, waiting > until the thread is completed, so it will have a result to return. Isn't "waiting until the thread is completed" sort of the point of join()? -s -- Copyright 2011, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nos...@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated! I am not speaking for my employer, although they do rent some of my opinions. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list