On Fri, Nov 23, 2012 at 9:57 AM, Peng Yu <pengyu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The empty() returns True even after put() has been called. Why it is
> empty when there some items in it? Could anybody help me understand
> it? Thanks!
>
> ~/linux/test/python/man/library/multiprocessing/Queue/empty$ cat
> main.py
> #!/usr/bin/env python
>
> import multiprocessing
>
> queue = multiprocessing.Queue()
> print queue.empty()
> queue.put(['a', 'b'])
> queue.put(['c', 'd'])
> print queue.empty()
According to the docs, the Queue uses a background thread to load data into it:
When a process first puts an item on the queue a feeder thread is
started which transfers objects from a buffer into the pipe.
Most likely it still appears to be empty because this thread has not
had a chance to run yet. If you try inserting a time.sleep() call,
you should see the queue become non-empty once the background thread
has run.
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