Simple thread-safe counter?
Paul Rubin
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Sat Apr 2 02:54:13 EST 2005
Skip Montanaro <skip at pobox.com> writes:
> How about (untested):
>
> import Queue
> counter = Queue.Queue()
> counter.put(0)
> def f():
> i = counter.get()
> counter.put(i+1)
> return i
Hmmm, that's a bit messier than I hoped for, but it looks sure to work.
I think for my immediate requirement, I'm going to use xrange as Tim
suggested. However, I can't be sure that will work in non-GIL
implementations.
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