gevent.threadpool - A pool of native threads

class ThreadPool(maxsize, hub=None)

Bases: gevent.pool.GroupMappingMixin

apply(func, args=None, kwds=None)

Rough equivalent of the apply() builtin function, blocking until the result is ready and returning it.

The func will usually, but not always, be run in a way that allows the current greenlet to switch out (for example, in a new greenlet or thread, depending on implementation). But if the current greenlet or thread is already one that was spawned by this pool, the pool may choose to immediately run the func synchronously.

Note

As implemented, attempting to use Threadpool.appy() from inside another function that was itself spawned in a threadpool (any threadpool) will cause the function to be run immediatesly.

join()

Waits until all outstanding tasks have been completed.

spawn(func, *args, **kwargs)

Add a new task to the threadpool that will run func(*args, **kwargs).

Waits until a slot is available. Creates a new thread if necessary.

Returns:A gevent.event.AsyncResult.
apply_e(expected_errors, function, args=None, kwargs=None)

Deprecated since version 1.1a2: Identical to apply(); the expected_errors argument is ignored.

apply_async(func, args=None, kwds=None, callback=None)

A variant of the apply() method which returns a Greenlet object.

If callback is specified then it should be a callable which accepts a single argument. When the result becomes ready callback is applied to it (unless the call failed).

apply(func, args=None, kwds=None)

Rough quivalent of the apply() builtin function blocking until the result is ready and returning it.

The func will usually, but not always, be run in a way that allows the current greenlet to switch out (for example, in a new greenlet or thread, depending on implementation). But if the current greenlet or thread is already one that was spawned by this pool, the pool may choose to immediately run the func synchronously.

map(func, iterable)

Return a list made by applying the func to each element of the iterable.

See also

imap()

map_async(func, iterable, callback=None)

A variant of the map() method which returns a Greenlet object that is executing the map function.

If callback is specified then it should be a callable which accepts a single argument.

imap(func, *iterables, maxsize=None) → iterable

An equivalent of itertools.imap(), operating in parallel. The func is applied to each element yielded from each iterable in iterables in turn, collecting the result.

If this object has a bound on the number of active greenlets it can contain (such as Pool), then at most that number of tasks will operate in parallel.

Parameters:maxsize (int) –

If given and not-None, specifies the maximum number of finished results that will be allowed to accumulate awaiting the reader; more than that number of results will cause map function greenlets to begin to block. This is most useful is there is a great disparity in the speed of the mapping code and the consumer and the results consume a great deal of resources.

Note

This is separate from any bound on the number of active parallel tasks, though they may have some interaction (for example, limiting the number of parallel tasks to the smallest bound).

Note

Using a bound is slightly more computationally expensive than not using a bound.

Tip

The imap_unordered() method makes much better use of this parameter. Some additional, unspecified, number of objects may be required to be kept in memory to maintain order by this function.

Returns:An iterable object.

Changed in version 1.1b3: Added the maxsize keyword parameter.

imap_unordered(func, *iterables, maxsize=None) → iterable

The same as imap() except that the ordering of the results from the returned iterator should be considered in arbitrary order.

This is lighter weight than imap() and should be preferred if order doesn’t matter.

See also

imap() for more details.

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