Python using more than 1 thread

Question

I used the below code:

import time


def create_square(num):
    time.sleep(5)
    return num * num


create_square(12)
create_square(12)
create_square(12)

In task manager, why does it show 4 threads ?

gonczor · Accepted Answer · 2018-03-14 13:44:50Z

1

It shows how many threads your interpreter has, not how many threads are there in your code.

answered Mar 14, 2018 at 13:44

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2 Comments

Akshay J Over a year ago

Can you please elaborate your answer, why does the interpreter needs 4 threads ?

gonczor Over a year ago

I'm not familiar with python interpreter's code to tell you anything smarter other than the number of threads you see in process manager is the number of threads interpreter uses. If you want more detailed answer you'll have to dig into cpython.

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