一、名字解释
Python虚拟机:也叫解释器主循环,控制Python代码的执行。
多线程:类似单CPU系统中运行多个进程。 任意时刻,只能有一个线程在解释器中运行。
全局解释器锁(GIL):保证同一个时刻只有一个线程在运行。
二、thread
#!/usr/bin/env python
#import thread
from time import sleep, ctime
def loop0():
print "start loop 0 at:", ctime()
sleep(4)
print "end loop 0 at:", ctime()
def loop1():
print "start loop 1 at:", ctime()
sleep(2)
print "end loop 1 at:",ctime()
def main():
print "starting at:", ctime()
loop0()
loop1()
#thread.start_new_thread(loop0,())
#thread.start_new_thread(loop1,())
#sleep(6)
print "ending at:", ctime();
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
没有thread:共耗时4+2=6秒
有thread,无锁:并发执行,共耗时4秒,需要主线程中手动sleep
#!/usr/bin/env python
import thread
from time import sleep, ctime
secs = [4,2]
def loop(nloop, nsec, lock):
print "start loop ", nloop," at:", ctime()
sleep(nsec)
print "end loop ", nloop, " at:", ctime()
lock.release()
def main():
print "starting at:", ctime()
nsecs = range(len(secs))
locks = []
for i in nsecs:
lock = thread.allocate_lock()
lock.acquire()
locks.append(lock)
for i in nsecs:
thread.start_new_thread(loop, (i, secs[i], locks[i]))
for i in nsecs:
while locks[i].locked(): pass
print "ending at:", ctime();
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
有thread,有锁:共耗时4秒,主线程无需等待
三、threading
3种创建线程方法
1. 创建一个Thread的实例,传给它一个函数
2. 创建一个Thread的实例,传给它一个可调用的类对象
3. 从Thread派生出一个子类,创建一个这个子类的实例
#!/usr/bin/env python
import threading
from time import sleep, ctime
secs = [4,2]
#class ThreadFunc(object):
# def __init__(self, func, args, name=''):
# self.name = name
# self.func = func
# self.args = args
#
# def __call__(self):
# apply(self.func, self.args)
def loop(nloop, nsec):
print "start loop ", nloop, " at:", ctime()
sleep(nsec)
print "end loop ", nloop," at:", ctime()
def main():
print "starting at:", ctime()
nsecs = range(len(secs))
threads = []
for i in nsecs:
#t = threading.Thread(target=ThreadFunc(loop, (i, secs[i]), loop.__name__))
t = threading.Thread(target=loop,args=(i,secs[i]))
threads.append(t)
for i in nsecs:
threads[i].start()
for i in nsecs:
threads[i].join()
print "ending at:", ctime();
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()
上述代码是2种创建线程方法:执行结果一样,都是耗时4秒,主线程无需等待
四、尽量使用threading,避免使用thread
1. threading模块更为先进,对线程支持更完善,使用thread模块可能会与threading出现冲突。
2. thread模块同步原语少(只有一个),threading模块有很多。
3. thread,当主线程结束时,所有线程都被强制结束掉;threading模块能确保重要的子线程退出口进程再退出。
五、Queue