Thread in Python with arguments sent to threads

Question

I am trying to run two threads, each with an argument passed to it to process. However, it seems that the threads are running sequentially, not in parallel. Witness:

$ cat threading-stackoverflow.py 
import threading

class CallSomebody (threading.Thread):
        def __init__(self, target, *args):
                self._target = target
                self._args = args
                threading.Thread.__init__(self)

        def run (self):
                self._target(*self._args)

def call (who):
        while True:
                print "Who you gonna call? %s" % (str(who))

a=CallSomebody(call, 'Ghostbusters!')
a.daemon=True
a.start()
a.join()

b=CallSomebody(call, 'The Exorcist!')
b.daemon=True
b.start()
b.join()

$ python threading-stackoverflow.py 
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!
Who you gonna call? Ghostbusters!

I would expect to have some lines return Ghostbusters! and others return The Exorcist!, however the Ghostbusters! lines go on forever. What must be refactored to have each thread get some processor time?

Cameron Sparr · Accepted Answer · 2012-11-25 20:14:53Z

3

this is your problem: calling a.join() before b.start()

you want something more like:

a=CallSomebody(call, 'Ghostbusters!')
a.daemon=True
b=CallSomebody(call, 'The Exorcist!')
b.daemon=True
a.start()
b.start()
a.join()
b.join()

answered Nov 25, 2012 at 20:14

Cameron Sparr

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