diff --git a/content/blog/pyfutures.md b/content/blog/pyfutures.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..9a6366c --- /dev/null +++ b/content/blog/pyfutures.md @@ -0,0 +1,42 @@ +--- +title: "Quick Python: Concurrent Futures" +date: 2020-04-11T20:40:28-04:00 +draft: false +tags: ["python", "concurrency"] +--- + +Another way to perform concurrency in python is to use the `concurrent.futures` module. + +```python +from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor, ProcessPoolExecutor +def add(x, y): + return x + y +with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=4) as executor: + future = executor.submit(add, 1, 2) + result = future.result(timeout=30) # unit: seconds +``` + +If `max_workers=None` then it will default to the number of processors on the machine multiplied by 5. + +If `timeout=None` then there is no time limit applied. + +You can also apply a function to a list or iterables + +```python +def double(x): + return 2 * x +with ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor: + future = executor.submit(function_handle, [1, 2, 3]) + result = future.result() +``` + +Instead of threads, it is also possible to spawn processes to side-step the global interpreter lock. The documentation warns that only picklable objects can be executed and returned though. + +```python +def add(x, y): + return x + y +with ProcessPoolExecutor() as executor: + future = executor.submit(add, 1, 2) + result = future.result() +``` +