#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ threads.py: shows that Python threads are slower than sequential code for CPU-intensive work. """ import os import sys from queue import SimpleQueue from time import perf_counter from typing import NamedTuple from threading import Thread from primes import is_prime, NUMBERS class PrimeResult(NamedTuple): # <3> n: int prime: bool elapsed: float JobQueue = SimpleQueue[int] ResultQueue = SimpleQueue[PrimeResult] def check(n: int) -> PrimeResult: t0 = perf_counter() res = is_prime(n) return PrimeResult(n, res, perf_counter() - t0) def worker(jobs: JobQueue, results: ResultQueue) -> None: while n := jobs.get(): results.put(check(n)) def main() -> None: if len(sys.argv) < 2: # <1> workers = os.cpu_count() or 1 # make mypy happy else: workers = int(sys.argv[1]) print(f'Checking {len(NUMBERS)} numbers with {workers} threads:') jobs: JobQueue = SimpleQueue() # <2> results: ResultQueue = SimpleQueue() t0 = perf_counter() for n in NUMBERS: # <3> jobs.put(n) for _ in range(workers): proc = Thread(target=worker, args=(jobs, results)) # <4> proc.start() # <5> jobs.put(0) # <6> while True: n, prime, elapsed = results.get() # <7> label = 'P' if prime else ' ' print(f'{n:16} {label} {elapsed:9.6f}s') if jobs.empty(): # <8> break elapsed = perf_counter() - t0 print(f'Total time: {elapsed:.2f}s') if __name__ == '__main__': main()