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Cheat Sheet For Python Threading

The document provides an overview of Python threading concepts including creating and configuring thread objects, locking and synchronization primitives like locks, events, condition variables, barriers and semaphores.

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Cheat Sheet For Python Threading

The document provides an overview of Python threading concepts including creating and configuring thread objects, locking and synchronization primitives like locks, events, condition variables, barriers and semaphores.

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Why threading? Locks and Events Condition Variables and Barriers
Use threads for tasks that perform blocking IO, Locks protect critical section, events are safe flags. Conditions for wait/notify, barriers for syncing.
such as read/write files or socket connections.
Mutex lock Condition variable
Create, Config, Use Thread Objects lock = Lock() condition = Condition()
lock.acquire() condition.acquire()
Import # ... # ...
from threading import * lock.release() condition.release()

Create, run target function Mutex lock, context manager Wait on condition to be notified (blocking)
thread = Thread(target=task) lock = Lock() with condition:
with lock: condition.wait()
Config thread name # ...
thread = Thread(name=’MyThread’) Wait on condition for expression (blocking)
Reentrant mutex lock, protect critical section with condition:
Config daemon thread (background thread) lock = RLock() condition.wait_for(check)
thread = Thread(daemon=True) with lock:
with lock: Notify any single thread waiting on condition
Extend thread # ... with condition:
class CustomThread(Thread): condition.notify(n=1)
def run(): Semaphore, set num positions
# ... semaphore = Semaphore(10) Notify all threads waiting on condition
semaphore.acquire() with condition:
Start thread (non-blocking) # ... condition.notify_all()
thread.start() semaphore.release()
Barrier, set number of parties
Join thread, wait to finish (blocking) Semaphore, context manager barrier = Barrier(5)
thread.join() semaphore = Semaphore(10)
with semaphore: Arrive and wait at barrier (blocking)
Join thread with timeout # ... barrier.wait()
thread.join(timeout=5)
Create event, then set event Arrive and wait at barrier with timeout
Check if thread is running (not finished) event = Event() barrier.wait(timeout=0.5)
if thread.is_alive(): event.set()
# ... Timer Thread
Check if event is set Wait some time then execute the target function.
Check if daemon (background) if event.is_set():
if thread.daemon: # ... Create timer thread
# ... tmr = Timer(5, task, args=(a1,a2))
Wait for event to be set (blocking)
Access or change thread name event.wait() Start timer thread
thread.name thread.start()
Wait for event with timeout
Access thread native identifier if event.wait(timeout=0.5): Cancel timer thread
thread.native_id # ... thread.cancel()

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