import time
def wait_on_b():
time.sleep(5)
print(b.result()) # b will never complete because it is waiting on a.
return 5
def wait_on_a():
time.sleep(5)
print(a.result()) # a will never complete because it is waiting on b.
return 6
executor = ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=2)
a = executor.submit(wait_on_b)
b = executor.submit(wait_on_a)
I don't use Python(yet) but the issues are language-independent. Threads scale badly and anecdotal evidence shows that speedup in TensorFlow is bad with > 32 processors. Too fine-grained.
Python supports asynchronous futures which offer an alternative (C++11 has futures). The Scheduler determines what is pinned to what, not the application developer (sub-optimal).
https://docs.python.org/3/library/concu ... tures.html