MainThread blocks all others

Nodir Gulyamov gelios at rbcmail.ru
Wed Aug 10 09:47:13 EDT 2005


Hi again, comments below:

> >     doSomeJob(self):
> >         ##### BLOCKING HERE ###
> >         if not self.myEvent.isSet():
> >             self.myEvent.wait()
>
> The initial 'if' is superflous.

Excuse me, please explain.

> >         self.myEvent.clear()
> >         # ... continue...
> >
> > # this class subscribed to some observer which implements thread
> > class monitor:
> >     def __init__(self, klass):
> >         #do some init
> >         self.c = klass
> >     def update(self):
> >         self.c.increaseCounter()
> >
> > if __name__ == "__main__":
> >     cl1 = class1()
> >     m = monitor(cl1)
> >     mo = MonitorObserver(m)
>
> Obviously that won't work. You only have one thread, and it blocks
> in doSomeJob, so no one can ever trigger the even.

Actually I have 2 threads. One of them is MainThread and second one is 
created by Observer in which update method called. 





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