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Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 10:45:13 +1000
From: Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>
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On 05Jul2013 16:59, Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
| I have a pool of worker threads, created like this:
| 
| threads = [MyThread(*args) for i in range(numthreads)]
| for t in threads:
|     t.start()
| 
| I then block until the threads are all done:
| 
| while any(t.isAlive() for t in threads):
|     pass

This spins.

How about:

  for t in threads:
    t.join()

Blocks instead of polls.

Cheers,
-- 
Cameron Simpson <cs@zip.com.au>

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