On 17 December 2011 02:05, Brad Tilley <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Dec 16, 9:36 am, Tim Wintle <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > should be:
> > def run(t):
> > with lock:
> > shared_container.append(t.name)
> >
> > (or lock.acquire() and lock.release() as you mentioned)
>
>
> Thanks Tim. The with statement is closer to the C++ code (IMO) more so
> than the explicit acquire() and release() so I'll use that approach. I
> appreciate your advice.
Most definitely. The acquire/release code shown was erroneous, since it
would not release if an exception was thrown. The with code is effectively
equivalent to:
lock.acquire()
try:
...
finally:
lock.release()
Tim Delaney
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