circuitpython/tests/thread/thread_qstr1.py
Damien George 2e4cdae4fd tests/thread: Add test for concurrent interning of strings.
Qstr code accesses global state and needs to be made thread safe.
2016-06-28 11:28:50 +01:00

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# test concurrent interning of strings
#
# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
import _thread
# function to check the interned string
def check(s, val):
assert type(s) == str
assert int(s) == val
# main thread function
def th(base, n):
for i in range(n):
# this will intern the string and check it
exec("check('%u', %u)" % (base + i, base + i))
with lock:
global n_finished
n_finished += 1
lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
n_thread = 4
n_finished = 0
# spawn threads
for i in range(n_thread):
_thread.start_new_thread(th, (i * 1000, 1000))
# busy wait for threads to finish
while n_finished < n_thread:
pass
print('pass')