linkchecker/linkcheck/Threader.py
2000-03-21 11:38:22 +00:00

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Python

from threading import *
class Threader:
"A thread generating class"
def __init__(self, num=5):
self.maxThreads = num
self.threads = []
def acquire(self):
"Wait until we are allowed to start a new thread"
while 1:
self.reduceThreads()
if len(self.threads) < self.maxThreads:
break
def reduceThreads(self):
for t in self.threads:
if not t.isAlive():
self.threads.remove(t)
def finished(self):
return not len(self.threads)
def finish(self):
self.reduceThreads()
# dont know how to stop a thread
def startThread(self, callable, args):
"Generate a new thread"
self.acquire()
t = Thread(None, callable, None, args)
t.start()
self.threads.append(t)