On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:50 PM, Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+pyt...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:38 PM, kaiix <kvn....@gmail.com> wrote: >> A simple thread pool example. My question is, since *MyThread.run* >> will loop endless, how does the thread know the time to quit? how does >> the *queue* notify the thread? is there any shared variables, like a >> *lock*? >> >> When I set daemon false, it stays in the loop, not quit any more. >> what's the role does the daemon state plays? >> > > Take a look at the documentation for the threading module here: > http://docs.python.org/release/2.6/library/threading.html, and the > discussion on daemon vs non-daemon threads here: > http://blog.doughellmann.com/2008/01/pymotw-threading_13.html > > Basically, as long as at least one non-daemon thread is still running, > your program will not exit. > >> <snip code> >
And I should have read your mail better. Take a look at the documentation of the task_done method: http://docs.python.org/library/queue.html -- regards, kushal -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
