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-rw-r--r--Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst6
-rw-r--r--Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py11
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py24
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS3
4 files changed, 40 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
index ae03f4b..d85576b 100644
--- a/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/concurrent.futures.rst
@@ -124,7 +124,7 @@ And::
executor.submit(wait_on_future)
-.. class:: ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=None)
+.. class:: ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=None, thread_name_prefix='')
An :class:`Executor` subclass that uses a pool of at most *max_workers*
threads to execute calls asynchronously.
@@ -137,6 +137,10 @@ And::
should be higher than the number of workers
for :class:`ProcessPoolExecutor`.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.6
+ The *thread_name_prefix* argument was added to allow users to
+ control the threading.Thread names for worker threads created by
+ the pool for easier debugging.
.. _threadpoolexecutor-example:
diff --git a/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py b/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
index 3ae442d..6266f38 100644
--- a/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
+++ b/Lib/concurrent/futures/thread.py
@@ -81,12 +81,13 @@ def _worker(executor_reference, work_queue):
_base.LOGGER.critical('Exception in worker', exc_info=True)
class ThreadPoolExecutor(_base.Executor):
- def __init__(self, max_workers=None):
+ def __init__(self, max_workers=None, thread_name_prefix=''):
"""Initializes a new ThreadPoolExecutor instance.
Args:
max_workers: The maximum number of threads that can be used to
execute the given calls.
+ thread_name_prefix: An optional name prefix to give our threads.
"""
if max_workers is None:
# Use this number because ThreadPoolExecutor is often
@@ -100,6 +101,7 @@ class ThreadPoolExecutor(_base.Executor):
self._threads = set()
self._shutdown = False
self._shutdown_lock = threading.Lock()
+ self._thread_name_prefix = thread_name_prefix
def submit(self, fn, *args, **kwargs):
with self._shutdown_lock:
@@ -121,8 +123,11 @@ class ThreadPoolExecutor(_base.Executor):
q.put(None)
# TODO(bquinlan): Should avoid creating new threads if there are more
# idle threads than items in the work queue.
- if len(self._threads) < self._max_workers:
- t = threading.Thread(target=_worker,
+ num_threads = len(self._threads)
+ if num_threads < self._max_workers:
+ thread_name = '%s_%d' % (self._thread_name_prefix or self,
+ num_threads)
+ t = threading.Thread(name=thread_name, target=_worker,
args=(weakref.ref(self, weakref_cb),
self._work_queue))
t.daemon = True
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
index cdb9308..46b069c 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_concurrent_futures.py
@@ -154,6 +154,30 @@ class ThreadPoolShutdownTest(ThreadPoolMixin, ExecutorShutdownTest, unittest.Tes
for t in threads:
t.join()
+ def test_thread_names_assigned(self):
+ executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(
+ max_workers=5, thread_name_prefix='SpecialPool')
+ executor.map(abs, range(-5, 5))
+ threads = executor._threads
+ del executor
+
+ for t in threads:
+ self.assertRegex(t.name, r'^SpecialPool_[0-4]$')
+ t.join()
+
+ def test_thread_names_default(self):
+ executor = futures.ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=5)
+ executor.map(abs, range(-5, 5))
+ threads = executor._threads
+ del executor
+
+ for t in threads:
+ # We don't particularly care what the default name is, just that
+ # it has a default name implying that it is a ThreadPoolExecutor
+ # followed by what looks like a thread number.
+ self.assertRegex(t.name, r'^.*ThreadPoolExecutor.*_[0-4]$')
+ t.join()
+
class ProcessPoolShutdownTest(ProcessPoolMixin, ExecutorShutdownTest, unittest.TestCase):
def _prime_executor(self):
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 08053f1..f4c036a 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -43,6 +43,9 @@ Core and Builtins
Library
-------
+- Issue #27664: Add to concurrent.futures.thread.ThreadPoolExecutor()
+ the ability to specify a thread name prefix.
+
- Issue #26750: unittest.mock.create_autospec() now works properly for
subclasses of property() and other data descriptors. Removes the never
publicly used, never documented unittest.mock.DescriptorTypes tuple.