On Fri, 05 Jul 2013 19:12:44 +0200, Irmen de Jong wrote: > On 5-7-2013 18:59, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> I then block until the threads are all done: >> >> while any(t.isAlive() for t in threads): >> pass >> >> >> Is that the right way to wait for the threads to be done? Should I >> stick a call to time.sleep() inside the while loop? If so, how long >> should I sleep? That's probably an unanswerable question, but some >> guidelines on choosing the sleep time will be appreciated. >> >> > I think your while loop busy-waits until the threads are completed. Do > this instead: > > for t in threads: t.join() # optionally pass a timeout to join
Yes, the busy-wait was what I was concerned about. Thanks to everyone who suggested the same solution. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
