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Name: cs.threads
Version: 20230125
Summary: threading and communication/synchronisation conveniences
Home-page: https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/commits/all
Author: Cameron Simpson
Author-email: Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>
License: GNU General Public License v3 or later (GPLv3+)
Project-URL: URL, https://bitbucket.org/cameron_simpson/css/commits/all
Keywords: python2,python3
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 2
Classifier: Programming Language :: Python :: 3
Classifier: Development Status :: 4 - Beta
Classifier: Intended Audience :: Developers
Classifier: Operating System :: OS Independent
Classifier: Topic :: Software Development :: Libraries :: Python Modules
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Thread related convenience classes and functions.

*Latest release 20230125*:
New HasThreadState mixin for classes with a state=State() attribute to provide a cls.default() class method for the default instance and a context manager to push/pop self.state.current=self.

## Class `AdjustableSemaphore`

A semaphore whose value may be tuned after instantiation.

## Function `bg(func, daemon=None, name=None, no_start=False, no_logexc=False, args=None, kwargs=None)`

Dispatch the callable `func` in its own `Thread`;
return the `Thread`.

Parameters:
* `func`: a callable for the `Thread` target.
* `daemon`: optional argument specifying the `.daemon` attribute.
* `name`: optional argument specifying the `Thread` name,
  default: the name of `func`.
* `no_logexc`: if false (default `False`), wrap `func` in `@logexc`.
* `no_start`: optional argument, default `False`.
  If true, do not start the `Thread`.
* `args`, `kwargs`: passed to the `Thread` constructor

## Class `HasThreadState(cs.context.ContextManagerMixin)`

A mixin for classes with a `cs.threads.State` instance as `.state`
providing a context manager which pushes `current=self` onto that state
and a `default()` class method returning `cls.state.current`
as the default instance of that class.

## Class `LockableMixin`

Trite mixin to control access to an object via its `._lock` attribute.
Exposes the `._lock` as the property `.lock`.
Presents a context manager interface for obtaining an object's lock.

## Function `locked(*da, **dkw)`

A decorator for instance methods that must run within a lock.

Decorator keyword arguments:
* `initial_timeout`:
  the initial lock attempt timeout;
  if this is `>0` and exceeded a warning is issued
  and then an indefinite attempt is made.
  Default: `2.0`s
* `lockattr`:
  the name of the attribute of `self`
  which references the lock object.
  Default `'_lock'`

## Function `locked_property(*da, **dkw)`

A thread safe property whose value is cached.
The lock is taken if the value needs to computed.

The default lock attribute is `._lock`.
The default attribute for the cached value is `._`*funcname*
where *funcname* is `func.__name__`.
The default "unset" value for the cache is `None`.

## Function `monitor(*da, **dkw)`

Turn a class into a monitor, all of whose public methods are `@locked`.

This is a simple approach requires class instances to have a `._lock`
which is an `RLock` or compatible
because methods may naively call each other.

Parameters:
* `attrs`: optional iterable of attribute names to wrap in `@locked`.
  If omitted, all names commencing with a letter are chosen.
* `initial_timeout`: optional initial lock timeout, default `10.0`s.
* `lockattr`: optional lock attribute name, default `'_lock'`.

Only attributes satifying `inspect.ismethod` are wrapped
because `@locked` requires access to the instance `._lock` attribute.

## Class `PriorityLock`

A priority based mutex which is acquired by and released to waiters
in priority order.

The initialiser sets a default priority, itself defaulting to `0`.

The `acquire()` method accepts an optional `priority` value
which specifies the priority of the acquire request;
lower values have higher priorities.
`acquire` returns a new `PriorityLockSubLock`.

Note that internally this allocates a `threading.Lock` per acquirer.

When `acquire` is called, if the `PriorityLock` is taken
then the acquirer blocks on their personal `Lock`.

When `release()` is called the highest priority `Lock` is released.

Within a priority level `acquire`s are served in FIFO order.

Used as a context manager, the mutex is obtained at the default priority.
The `priority()` method offers a context manager
with a specified priority.
Both context managers return the `PriorityLockSubLock`
allocated by the `acquire`.

*Method `PriorityLock.__init__(self, default_priority=0, name=None)`*:
Initialise the `PriorityLock`.

Parameters:
* `default_priority`: the default `acquire` priority,
  default `0`.
* `name`: optional identifying name

## Class `PriorityLockSubLock(PriorityLockSubLock, builtins.tuple)`

The record for the per-`acquire`r `Lock` held by `PriorityLock.acquire`.

## Class `State(_thread._local)`

A `Thread` local object with attributes
which can be used as a context manager to stack attribute values.

Example:

    from cs.threads import State

    S = State(verbose=False)

    with S(verbose=True) as prev_attrs:
        if S.verbose:
            print("verbose! (formerly verbose=%s)" % prev_attrs['verbose'])

*Method `State.__init__(self, **kw)`*:
Initiale the `State`, providing the per-Thread initial values.

## Function `via(cmanager, func, *a, **kw)`

Return a callable that calls the supplied `func` inside a
with statement using the context manager `cmanager`.
This intended use case is aimed at deferred function calls.

# Release Log



*Release 20230125*:
New HasThreadState mixin for classes with a state=State() attribute to provide a cls.default() class method for the default instance and a context manager to push/pop self.state.current=self.

*Release 20221228*:
* Get error and warning from cs.gimmicks, breaks circular import with cs.logutils.
* Late import of cs.logutils.LogTime to avoid circular import.

*Release 20221207*:
Small bug fix.

*Release 20221118*:
REMOVE WorkerThreadPool, pulls in too many other things and was never used.

*Release 20211208*:
bg: do not pass the current Pfx prefix into the new Thread, seems to leak and grow.

*Release 20210306*:
bg: include the current Pfx prefix in the thread name and thread body Pfx, obsoletes cs.pfx.PfxThread.

*Release 20210123*:
New @monitor class decorator for simple RLock based reentrance protection.

*Release 20201025*:
* @locked: bump the default warning timeout to 10s, was firing too often.
* New State class for thread local state objects with default attribute values and a stacking __call__ context manager.

*Release 20200718*:
@locked: apply the interior __doc__ to the wrapper.

*Release 20200521*:
@locked_property: decorate with @cs.deco.decorator to support keyword arguments.

*Release 20191102*:
@locked: report slow-to-acquire locks, add initial_timeout and lockattr decorator keyword parameters.

*Release 20190923.2*:
Fix annoying docstring typo.

*Release 20190923.1*:
Docstring updates.

*Release 20190923*:
Remove dependence on cs.obj.

*Release 20190921*:
New PriorityLock class for a mutex which releases in (priority,fifo) order.

*Release 20190812*:
bg: compute default name before wrapping `func` in @logexc.

*Release 20190729*:
bg: provide default `name`, run callable inside Pfx, add optional no_logexc=False param preventing @logec wrapper if true.

*Release 20190422*:
bg(): new optional `no_start=False` keyword argument, preventing Thread.start if true

*Release 20190102*:
* Drop some unused classes.
* New LockableMixin, presenting a context manager and a .lock property.

*Release 20160828*:
Use "install_requires" instead of "requires" in DISTINFO.

*Release 20160827*:
* Replace bare "excepts" with "except BaseException".
* Doc updates. Other minor improvements.

*Release 20150115*:
First PyPI release.
