[Tutor] thread and os.pipe (was: logic for a tree like structure)

[Tiago Saboga]

I started a message, changed my mind, wrote about some other thing and
forgot to change the subject. Sorry for the noise.

Tiago.


On Sat, Dec 08, 2007 at 07:25:16AM -0200, Tiago Saboga wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I need an additional thread in my app, and I am trying to understand
> how it works. Alas, all I found about threads is too simple (does not
> fit in my real life problem) or too complicated. The best thing I've
> read until now is the great tutorial by Norman Matloff, but it isn't
> enough. If you could point me to some more docs, it would be great.
> The python docs have been of no use for me in this case.
> 
> Anyway, I am trying to play a little with it, and I can't understand
> what's happening in this simple example. I want to establish a
> connection between my two threads by a os.pipe, but it seems like I
> can only read the pipe when everything was done. I was hoping to see
> the output of writer.py come out in real time, but it is coming out
> all together when writer.py returns. Why?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Tiago Saboga.
> 
> =====writer.py=======
> 
> #!/usr/bin/python2.5
> 
> import time
> 
> for i in range(10):
>     print 'Line number %s.' % i
>     time.sleep(1)
> 
> ======threadit.py=======
> #!/usr/bin/python2.5
> 
> from __future__ import with_statement
> import thread
> import subprocess
> import os
> 
> def run(out):
>     subprocess.Popen(['./writer.py'], stdout=os.fdopen(out, 'w'))
> 
> def main():
>     out_r, out_w = os.pipe()
>     thread.start_new_thread(run, (out_w,))
>     with os.fdopen(out_r) as f:
>         while True:
>             line=f.readline()
>             if line:
>                 print '[main]', line
> 
> if __name__=='__main__':
>     main()
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