[New-bugs-announce] [issue41299] Python3 threading.Event().wait time is twice as large as Python27

[SD]

New submission from SD <scott-devine at hotmail.co.uk>:

The overhead in Python 3 for threading.Event().wait() is much larger than Python 2. I am trying to run a script at 60hz which worked correctly in Python2 but does not in Python 3. Here is a minimal example to demonstrate: 

#!/usr/bin/env python

import threading
import time

def sample_thread(stop_ev):
    while not stop_ev.is_set():
        t2 = time.time() 
        stop_ev.wait(0.016999959945)
        print((time.time() - t2))

def main():
    stop_ev = threading.Event()
    sample_t = threading.Thread(target=sample_thread, args=(stop_ev, ))
    sample_t.start()

    # Other stuff here, sleep is just dummy
    time.sleep(14)

    stop_ev.set()

    print('End reached.')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

Python 2.7.0 consistently prints :

0.0169999599457
0.0169999599457
0.0170001983643
0.0169999599457
0.0169999599457
0.0169999599457
0.0169999599457
0.0169999599457

Python 3.8.2 waits much longer

0.031026363372802734
0.0320279598236084
0.031026363372802734
0.031026840209960938
0.031527042388916016
0.031026601791381836
0.03103041648864746
0.03302431106567383

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messages: 373660
nosy: SD
priority: normal
severity: normal
status: open
title: Python3 threading.Event().wait time is twice as large as Python27
type: performance
versions: Python 3.8

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