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authorDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2016-04-21 12:38:22 +0000
committerDamien George <damien.p.george@gmail.com>2016-06-28 11:09:31 +0100
commit3545ef8bb49d9ad02e85bd13f478072f8059c582 (patch)
tree01e47059c1db9cd2871d2691f4e38328f51e6502 /tests/thread/thread_exc1.py
parent2d5ea38b4996bec01cabda68b6ef12631a7b7a08 (diff)
tests/thread: Remove need to sleep to wait for completion in some tests.
Use a lock and a counter instead, and busy wait for all threads to complete. This makes test run faster and they no longer rely on the time module.
Diffstat (limited to 'tests/thread/thread_exc1.py')
-rw-r--r--tests/thread/thread_exc1.py18
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py b/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py
index 9ef3d2a15..10fb94b4f 100644
--- a/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py
+++ b/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py
@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
#
# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
-try:
- import utime as time
-except ImportError:
- import time
import _thread
def foo():
@@ -16,9 +12,19 @@ def thread_entry():
foo()
except ValueError:
pass
+ with lock:
+ global n_finished
+ n_finished += 1
-for i in range(4):
+lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
+n_thread = 4
+n_finished = 0
+
+# spawn threads
+for i in range(n_thread):
_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, ())
-time.sleep(0.2)
+# busy wait for threads to finish
+while n_finished < n_thread:
+ pass
print('done')