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| author | Michele Simionato <michele.simionato@gmail.com> | 2010-08-02 07:10:38 +0200 |
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| committer | Michele Simionato <michele.simionato@gmail.com> | 2010-08-02 07:10:38 +0200 |
| commit | 39670ca6b766a1c576c68f5a80729b6fde4d0e06 (patch) | |
| tree | e1c5800d623c83cd035e6d58062e0e2a6d6d2a36 /artima | |
| parent | 7d1b33b82933b37408cc9919a8b1da810b7ffa74 (diff) | |
| download | micheles-39670ca6b766a1c576c68f5a80729b6fde4d0e06.tar.gz | |
Added an UPDATE about Dave Beazley's article about threads and generators
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| -rw-r--r-- | artima/python/Makefile | 9 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | artima/python/parallel.txt | 11 |
2 files changed, 14 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/artima/python/Makefile b/artima/python/Makefile index dd6a5ef..8e36744 100644 --- a/artima/python/Makefile +++ b/artima/python/Makefile @@ -6,20 +6,19 @@ default: echo "Available python files:"; ls *.py super1: super1.py - $(MINIDOC) -d super1; #$(POST) /tmp/super1.rst 236275 + $(MINIDOC) -d super1; $(POST) /tmp/super1.rst 236275 super2: super2.py - $(MINIDOC) -d super2; #$(POST) /tmp/super2.rst 236278 + $(MINIDOC) -d super2; $(POST) /tmp/super2.rst 236278 super3: super3.py - $(MINIDOC) -d super3; #$(POST) /tmp/super3.rst 237121 + $(MINIDOC) -d super3; $(POST) /tmp/super3.rst 237121 super4: super4.py - $(MINIDOC) -d super4; #$(POST) /tmp/super4.rst 281127 + $(MINIDOC) -d super4; $(POST) /tmp/super4.rst 281127 super: super.rst super1.py super2.py super3.py super4.py $(RST) -tp super.rst - #scp super.pdf micheles@merlin.phyast.pitt.edu:public_html/python generic: genericfunctions.py $(MINIDOC) -d genericfunctions; $(POST) /tmp/genericfunctions.rst 237764 diff --git a/artima/python/parallel.txt b/artima/python/parallel.txt index 06b1c46..3241794 100644 --- a/artima/python/parallel.txt +++ b/artima/python/parallel.txt @@ -271,9 +271,17 @@ systems. Actually I should probably remove the future tense since a lot of people are already working in this scenario. I leave further comments to my readers. +UPDATE: I see today a very interesting (as always!) `article by Dave Beazley`_ +on the subject of threads and generators. He suggests cooperation between +threads and generators instead of just replacing threads with generators. +Kind of interesting to me, since plac_ uses the same trick of wrapping +a generator inside a thread, even if for different reasons (I am just +interested in making the thread killable, Dave is interested on performance). +BTW, all articles by Dave are a must read if you are interested in concurrency +in Python, do a favor to yourself and read them! + .. http://blog.ianbicking.org/concurrency-and-processes.html .. http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.python.devel/71708 # Pythonic concurrency - .. _the PDF is public: http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/um/people/simonpj/papers/stm/beautiful.pdf .. _nice blog post: http://shoptalkapp.com/blog/2009/10/20/beautiful-coroutines .. _PEP 3148: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3148/ @@ -283,3 +291,4 @@ I leave further comments to my readers. .. _Threads Considered Harmful: http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/11/18/22112/860 .. _Beautiful Code: http://oreilly.com/catalog/9780596510046/preview .. _it will improve: http://www.dabeaz.com/python/NewGIL.pdf +.. _article by Dave Beazley: http://dabeaz.blogspot.com/2010/07/yieldable-threads-part-1.html |