Python Tutorial on Multithreading

2011-02-21 Thread KevinSimonson
I've been teaching myself Python from the tutorial routed at "http://
www.tutorialspoint.com/python/index.htm".  It's worked out pretty
well, but when I copied its multithreading example from the bottom of
the page at "http://www.tutorialspoint.com/python/
python_multithreading.htm" and tried to run it I got the error
messages:

C:\Users\kvnsmnsn\Python>python mt.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "mt.py", line 38, in 
thread = myThread(threadID, tName, workQueue)
  File "mt.py", line 10, in __init__
self.name = name
  File "C:\Python27\lib\threading.py", line 667, in name
assert self.__initialized, "Thread.__init__() not called"
AssertionError: Thread.__init__() not called

I don't really understand why it's giving me these messages.
<__initialized> gets set to  when <__init__()> gets called.
Granted my Python program calls <__init__()> with only one parameter,
and the constructor in "threading.py" takes _seven_ parameters, but
all but one have default values, so a call with just one parameter
should be legal.  Why then is <__initialized> getting set to ?

My code follows.

Kevin Simonson

import Queue
import threading
import time

exitFlag = 0

class myThread (threading.Thread):
def __init__(self, threadID, name, q):
self.threadID = threadID
self.name = name
self.q = q
threading.Thread.__init__(self)
def run(self):
print "Starting " + self.name
process_data(self.name, self.q)
print "Exiting " + self.name

def process_data(threadName, q):
while not exitFlag:
queueLock.acquire()
if not workQueue.empty():
data = q.get()
queueLock.release()
print "%s processing %s" % (threadName, data)
else:
queueLock.release()
time.sleep(1)

threadList = ["Thread-1", "Thread-2", "Thread-3"]
nameList = ["One", "Two", "Three", "Four", "Five"]
queueLock = threading.Lock()
workQueue = Queue.Queue(10)
threads = []
threadID = 1

# Create new threads
for tName in threadList:
thread = myThread(threadID, tName, workQueue)
thread.start()
threads.append(thread)
threadID += 1

# Fill the queue
queueLock.acquire()
for word in nameList:
workQueue.put(word)
queueLock.release()

# Wait for queue to empty
while not workQueue.empty():
pass

# Notify threads it's time to exit
exitFlag = 1

# Wait for all threads to complete
for t in threads:
t.join()
print "Exiting Main Thread"
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Re: Python Tutorial on Multithreading

2011-02-21 Thread KevinSimonson
On Feb 21, 4:04 pm, Alexander Kapps  wrote:
>
> That tutorial seems to be wrong.
>
> According to the official docs:
>
> "If the subclass overrides the constructor, it must make sure to
> invoke the base class constructor (Thread.__init__()) before doing
> anything else to the thread."
>
> http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html#thread-objects
>
> So, change your __init__ to this:
>
> class myThread (threading.Thread):
>      def __init__(self, threadID, name, q):
>          threading.Thread.__init__(self)
>          self.threadID = threadID
>          self.name = name
>          self.q = q
>

Alexander, thanks!  Your suggestion fixed my problem.

Kevin S
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