Robin Haswell wrote: > Hey there > > I'm doing some threading in python with Python 2.3 and 2.4 on Ubuntu and > Debian machines, and I've noticed that if I open a lot of threads (say, > 50), I get lots of python processes with individual PIDs, which consume a > disproportionate amount of CPU. Does this mean that Python is using the > dummy_thread module by accident? And is there a realistic limitation to > the number of threads I can do?
Both system-depend. The way threads are shwon depends on the systenm. And a thread that runs, runs - so it consumes cpu-cycles. Try calling time.sleep() to see how the consumption decreases. And the limitation of allowed threads per process and/or system is also a OS-dependend thing. """ Under Linux, threads are counted as processes, so any limits to the number of processes also applies to threads. In a heavily threaded app like a threaded TCP engine, or a java server, you can quickly run out of threads. """ from http://people.redhat.com/alikins/system_tuning.html#threads Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
