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A wrapper over threads that provides extended control. The module supports pausing, terminating and putting threads to sleep. The module also provides some additional tools to Pipe data between threads and a thread pool to keep track of threads.
Python 3.7 or higher is required
pip install better-threads
More exmples https://github.com/ItsYasiru/Better-Threads/tree/master/examples
import time
from BetterThreads import ThreadPool
thread_pool = ThreadPool()
@thread_pool.thread()
def test_loop():
print("Loop running!")
time.sleep(1)
test_loop.start(test_loop)
time.sleep(5)
test_loop.terminate(test_loop)
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A package that provides extended control over threads
We found that better-threads demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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