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example-code-2e/20-concurrency/primes/threads.py
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#!/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()