python——多线程thread

python通过thread模块支持多线程，语法也很简洁，现在通过一个实例来看一下python中的多线程：

import thread
import time


#保证只额外启动一个线程
isRunning=False
#启动的时间控制，测试时间是23点44分，所以定的是这个时间，可以用于指定定时任务的执行时间
timer_hour=23
timer_min=44

#额外其他一个线程处理任务
def another_thread():
    print '[another_thread] is start...'
    #声明使用全局变量isRunning
    global isRunning
    #for循环模拟任务执行
    for i in range(3):
        time.sleep(1)
        print '[another_thread] time: %s ' % time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %X',time.localtime())
        print '[another_thread] Is Running: %s' % isRunning
    #此处只是为了保证该任务一天只启动一次，一分不会超过60秒
    time.sleep(60)
    print '[another_thread] is end...'
    #该状态只是为了保证该任务不会重复启动，当然对于任务可以设置一个超时时间，到时不结束自动终结
    isRunning = False

if __name__ == '__main__':
    while True:
        now = time.localtime()
        print '[main_thread] time: %s' % time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %X',now)
        print '[main_thread] Is Running: %s' % isRunning
        if now.tm_hour==timer_hour and now.tm_min==timer_min and not isRunning:
            #进入任务前即置为True状态，防止重复启动
            isRunning = True
            #python开启一个新的线程，从后面打印日志的情况可以知道，并不会影响主线程的运行
            thread.start_new_thread(another_thread,())
         
        time.sleep(1)

代码执行后如下：

C:\Users\Captain\Desktop>python task.py
[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:56
[main_thread] Is Running: False
[another_thread] is start...
[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:57[another_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:57

[main_thread] Is Running: True[another_thread] Is Running: True

[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:58[another_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:58

[main_thread] Is Running: True[another_thread] Is Running: True

[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:59[another_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:44:59

[another_thread] Is Running: True[main_thread] Is Running: True

[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:45:00
[main_thread] Is Running: True
[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:45:01
[main_thread] Is Running: True
[main_thread] time: 2013-07-31 23:45:02

该实例很简单，可按照这个思路，应用于定时任务，心跳检测，守护进程等实际场景中