Question

Does anybody know how I can send a variable (or get a variable) from threadOne to threadTwo in this code without using a global variable? If not, how would I operate a global variable? Just define it before both classes and use the global definition in the run function?

import threading

print "Press Escape to Quit"

class threadOne(threading.Thread): #I don't understand this or the next line
    def run(self):
        setup()

    def setup():
        print 'hello world - this is threadOne'


class threadTwo(threading.Thread):
    def run(self):
        print 'ran'

threadOne().start()
threadTwo().start()

Thanks

Answer 1

You can use queues to send messages between threads in a thread safe way.

def worker():
    while True:
        item = q.get()
        do_work(item)
        q.task_done()

q = Queue()
for i in range(num_worker_threads):
     t = Thread(target=worker)
     t.daemon = True
     t.start()

for item in source():
    q.put(item)

q.join()       # block until all tasks are done