[TriEmbed] OT: python and threading

[Carl Nobile]

Alex,

Just realized what you mean by systick. This may help.

https://stackoverflow.com/questions/156330/get-timer-ticks-in-python

Carl


On Tue, Nov 14, 2017 at 2:56 PM, Alex Davis <alexd at matrixwide.com> wrote:

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> On Nov 14, 2017, at 2:49 PM, Carl Nobile <carl.nobile at gmail.com> wrote:
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> Alex,
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> If you want Python threading to work with multiple processors it won't
> work because of the GIL (Global Interpreter Log) in Python. It is generally
> better to use processes than threading.
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> With that said both threading and processes are not very difficult in
> Python and if running on a Linux OS the speed will be about the same.
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> The python docs for both  are:
> https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/threading.html
> https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/multiprocessing.html
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> Both of these methods follow a similar paradigm.
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> The docs above have examples. In general, if you have Python question
> consult the docs they are very well written and complete.
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> At the top of the screen, you can flip to Python 2.7.x.
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> Thanks! Looks like processes will work. I don’t see anything like a
> systick, so I’ll just poll in each process.
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