app/django/utils/thread_support.py
author Sverre Rabbelier <srabbelier@gmail.com>
Sun, 19 Apr 2009 17:42:44 +0000
changeset 2246 c29272f640b0
parent 323 ff1a9aa48cfd
permissions -rw-r--r--
Tweak the 'load balancing' algorithm In order to reduce contention we randomly skipped jobs, but this caused many jobs to end up stopping early. Now instead we keep on going until we time out (also increased the chance of doing work). Patch by: Sverre Rabbelier

"""
Code used in a couple of places to work with the current thread's environment.
Current users include i18n and request prefix handling.
"""

try:
    import threading
    currentThread = threading.currentThread
except ImportError:
    def currentThread():
        return "no threading"