Put back a "pending" attribute.

Wasn't so hard, after all.

2 files changed, 14 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/bgproc.py b/bgproc.py
index fe15c5d..db148b2 100644
--- a/bgproc.py
+++ b/bgproc.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class BackgroundProcessing(object):
     '''Manage background processing queues.'''
     
     def __init__(self, func, numprocs=None):
-        self._pending_requests = 0
+        self.pending = 0
         self.requests = multiprocessing.Queue()
         self.results = multiprocessing.Queue()
         args = (func, self.requests, self.results)
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ class BackgroundProcessing(object):
         
     def enqueue_request(self, request):
         '''Put a request into queue, to be processed by workers whenever.'''
-        self._pending_requests += 1
+        self.pending += 1
         self.requests.put((request,))
         
     def close_requests(self):
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class BackgroundProcessing(object):
         
         '''
 
-        if block and self._pending_requests == 0:
+        if block and self.pending == 0:
             return []
 
         items = []
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class BackgroundProcessing(object):
             except Queue.Empty:
                 break
             else:
-                self._pending_requests -= 1
+                self.pending -= 1
                 items.append(item)
                 block = False
         return items
diff --git a/bgproc_tests.py b/bgproc_tests.py
index 3f3634d..92e48cd 100644
--- a/bgproc_tests.py
+++ b/bgproc_tests.py
@@ -32,11 +32,21 @@ class BackgroundProcessingTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.bg.close_requests()
         self.bg.finish()
     
+    def test_has_no_pending_initially(self):
+        self.assertEqual(self.bg.pending, 0)
+    
     def test_get_results_returns_nothing_initially(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.bg.get_results(), [])
 
     def test_processes_stuff(self):
         self.bg.enqueue_request(0)
+
+        # The following is not a race condition, because the counter
+        # only gets decremented after get_results has retrieved the result,
+        # and we only call that later.
+        self.assertEqual(self.bg.pending, 1)
+
         self.assertEqual(self.bg.get_results(block=True), [1])
+        self.assertEqual(self.bg.pending, 0)
         self.assertEqual(self.bg.get_results(block=True), [])