cpython/Lib/test/test_dummy_thread.py

"""Generic thread tests.

Meant to be used by dummy_thread and thread.  To allow for different modules
to be used, test_main() can be called with the module to use as the thread
implementation as its sole argument.

"""
import dummy_thread as _thread
import time
import Queue
import random
import unittest
from test import test_support

DELAY = 0 # Set > 0 when testing a module other than dummy_thread, such as
          # the 'thread' module.

class LockTests(unittest.TestCase):
    """Test lock objects."""

    def setUp(self):
        # Create a lock
        self.lock = _thread.allocate_lock()

    def test_initlock(self):
        #Make sure locks start locked
        self.failUnless(not self.lock.locked(),
                        "Lock object is not initialized unlocked.")

    def test_release(self):
        # Test self.lock.release()
        self.lock.acquire()
        self.lock.release()
        self.failUnless(not self.lock.locked(),
                        "Lock object did not release properly.")

    def test_improper_release(self):
        #Make sure release of an unlocked thread raises _thread.error
        self.failUnlessRaises(_thread.error, self.lock.release)

    def test_cond_acquire_success(self):
        #Make sure the conditional acquiring of the lock works.
        self.failUnless(self.lock.acquire(0),
                        "Conditional acquiring of the lock failed.")

    def test_cond_acquire_fail(self):
        #Test acquiring locked lock returns False
        self.lock.acquire(0)
        self.failUnless(not self.lock.acquire(0),
                        "Conditional acquiring of a locked lock incorrectly "
                         "succeeded.")

    def test_uncond_acquire_success(self):
        #Make sure unconditional acquiring of a lock works.
        self.lock.acquire()
        self.failUnless(self.lock.locked(),
                        "Uncondional locking failed.")

    def test_uncond_acquire_return_val(self):
        #Make sure that an unconditional locking returns True.
        self.failUnless(self.lock.acquire(1) is True,
                        "Unconditional locking did not return True.")

    def test_uncond_acquire_blocking(self):
        #Make sure that unconditional acquiring of a locked lock blocks.
        def delay_unlock(to_unlock, delay):
            """Hold on to lock for a set amount of time before unlocking."""
            time.sleep(delay)
            to_unlock.release()

        self.lock.acquire()
        start_time = int(time.time())
        _thread.start_new_thread(delay_unlock,(self.lock, DELAY))
        if test_support.verbose:
            print
            print "*** Waiting for thread to release the lock "\
            "(approx. %s sec.) ***" % DELAY
        self.lock.acquire()
        end_time = int(time.time())
        if test_support.verbose:
            print "done"
        self.failUnless((end_time - start_time) >= DELAY,
                        "Blocking by unconditional acquiring failed.")

class MiscTests(unittest.TestCase):
    """Miscellaneous tests."""

    def test_exit(self):
        #Make sure _thread.exit() raises SystemExit
        self.failUnlessRaises(SystemExit, _thread.exit)

    def test_ident(self):
        #Test sanity of _thread.get_ident()
        self.failUnless(isinstance(_thread.get_ident(), int),
                        "_thread.get_ident() returned a non-integer")
        self.failUnless(_thread.get_ident() != 0,
                        "_thread.get_ident() returned 0")

    def test_LockType(self):
        #Make sure _thread.LockType is the same type as _thread.allocate_locke()
        self.failUnless(isinstance(_thread.allocate_lock(), _thread.LockType),
                        "_thread.LockType is not an instance of what is "
                         "returned by _thread.allocate_lock()")

class ThreadTests(unittest.TestCase):
    """Test thread creation."""

    def test_arg_passing(self):
        #Make sure that parameter passing works.
        def arg_tester(queue, arg1=False, arg2=False):
            """Use to test _thread.start_new_thread() passes args properly."""
            queue.put((arg1, arg2))

        testing_queue = Queue.Queue(1)
        _thread.start_new_thread(arg_tester, (testing_queue, True, True))
        result = testing_queue.get()
        self.failUnless(result[0] and result[1],
                        "Argument passing for thread creation using tuple failed")
        _thread.start_new_thread(arg_tester, tuple(), {'queue':testing_queue,
                                                       'arg1':True, 'arg2':True})
        result = testing_queue.get()
        self.failUnless(result[0] and result[1],
                        "Argument passing for thread creation using kwargs failed")
        _thread.start_new_thread(arg_tester, (testing_queue, True), {'arg2':True})
        result = testing_queue.get()
        self.failUnless(result[0] and result[1],
                        "Argument passing for thread creation using both tuple"
                        " and kwargs failed")

    def test_multi_creation(self):
        #Make sure multiple threads can be created.
        def queue_mark(queue, delay):
            """Wait for ``delay`` seconds and then put something into ``queue``"""
            time.sleep(delay)
            queue.put(_thread.get_ident())

        thread_count = 5
        testing_queue = Queue.Queue(thread_count)
        if test_support.verbose:
            print
            print "*** Testing multiple thread creation "\
            "(will take approx. %s to %s sec.) ***" % (DELAY, thread_count)
        for count in xrange(thread_count):
            if DELAY:
                local_delay = round(random.random(), 1)
            else:
                local_delay = 0
            _thread.start_new_thread(queue_mark,
                                     (testing_queue, local_delay))
        time.sleep(DELAY)
        if test_support.verbose:
            print 'done'
        self.failUnless(testing_queue.qsize() == thread_count,
                        "Not all %s threads executed properly after %s sec." %
                        (thread_count, DELAY))

def test_main(imported_module=None):
    global _thread, DELAY
    if imported_module:
        _thread = imported_module
        DELAY = 2
    if test_support.verbose:
        print
        print "*** Using %s as _thread module ***" % _thread
    test_support.run_unittest(LockTests, MiscTests, ThreadTests)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    test_main()