Directly calling threaded class instance methods and attributes

[Peter Hansen]

Josiah Carlson wrote:
>>>>def goo(n):
> 
> ...     global val2
> ...     _lock = lock
> ...     for i in xrange(n):
> ...         _lock.acquire()
> ...         val2 += 1
> ...         _lock.release()
> 
> 
> ...for a little bit faster (though the locking/unlocking will overwhelm
> the actual time spent.

If you're intent on making the code less maintainable in
order to achieve tiny improvements in speed, at least
store local references to the entire method, not just
to the object:

     global val2
     acq = lock.acquire
     rel = lock.release
     for i in xrange(n):
         acq()
         val2 += 1
         rel()

-Peter