like the standard threading module, but awesomer
Project description
threading2: like the standard threading module, but awesomer.
This module is designed as a drop-in replacement and extension for the default “threading” module. It has two main objectives:
implement primitives using native platform functionality where possible
expose more sophisticated functionality where it can be done uniformly
The following extensions are currently implemented:
ability to set (advisory) thread priority
ability to set (advisory) CPU affinity at thread and process level
thread groups for simultaneous management of multiple threads
SHLock class for shared/exclusive (also known as read/write) locks
The following API niceties are also included:
all blocking methods take a “timeout” argument and return a success code
all exposed objects are actual classes and can be safely subclassed
This has currently only been tested on WinXP and Ubuntu Karmic; similar platforms should work OK, and other platforms should fall back to using sensible default behaviour, but I’m not making any guarantees at this stage.
Additional planned extensions include:
make stack_size a kwarg when creating a thread
native events, semaphores and timed waits on win32
native conditions and timed waits on pthreads platforms
native SHLock implementations (SRW on Win Vista+, pthread_rwlock)
