Feature Requests item #1432694, was opened at 2006-02-16 10:11 Message generated for change (Tracker Item Submitted) made by Item Submitter You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1432694&group_id=5470
Please note that this message will contain a full copy of the comment thread, including the initial issue submission, for this request, not just the latest update. Category: Threads Group: None Status: Open Resolution: None Priority: 5 Submitted By: Andrey Petrov (darkprokoba) Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody) Summary: Implement preemptive threads in Python Initial Comment: Cooperative threads have their uses but I find the lack of real native pre-emptive threads a major issue in a 21-st century language. We should consider the inertia of programmers from C++/Java/.NET background. They are used to and experienced in solving certain kind of problems with pre-emptive threads, and it's just too plain inconvenient to step back and try to cope with cooperative threads. The idea behind Python is that programming should not be a pain, right? This applies especially to GUI programs, where threads are used to perform time-consuming work in order to avoid the GUI from freezing (was I surprised the first time I tried this in Python!) Just look at some of the modern Python GUI applications, found in some recent Linux distributions. 99% of Fedora's configuration tools suffer extreme usability issues caused by their single-threadedness. I hate using yumex because the GUI is basically frozen for the half minute it takes to reload all repos I have configured on my machine!!! I know there might be a way to alleviate this particual class of problems by more careful cooperative thread programing... but I believe we need a more straightforward solution (i.e. preemptive threads) and not workarounds. I apologize if this issue has already been raised before. Cheers, darkprokoba ---------------------------------------------------------------------- You can respond by visiting: https://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&atid=355470&aid=1432694&group_id=5470 _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
