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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 03:11:09 +1000
Subject: Re: How to check for threads being finished?
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Sat, Jul 6, 2013 at 2:59 AM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> I then block until the threads are all done:
>
> while any(t.isAlive() for t in threads):
>     pass
>

Using the threading module, I assume. Is there any reason you can't
simply join() each thread in succession?

ChrisA