On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 6:25 PM Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> wrote: > > On 15May2020 05:57, Stephane Tougard <steph...@sdf.org> wrote: > >On 2020-05-15, Chris Angelico <ros...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Seconded. If you know how many threads you're going to have, just > >> open > >> that many connections. If not, there's a connection-pooling feature as > >> part of psycopg2 (if I'm not mistaken). This would be far far easier > >> to work with than a fragile queueing setup. > > > >I've done like that (more or less), it works fine. > > > >I note that que queuing module or Python is "fragile". > > It isn't fragile, it is very robust. Chris' statement (to my mind) means > either that it is an additional layer of complexity to your programme > (which you need to debug) or the pervasive fear of threaded programming, > which has its pitfalls but is very rewarding and not hard to do safely > and easily unless you do something agressive and complex. >
Correct. The complexity caused by not simply embracing threaded programming is what's fragile. ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
