[python] Checking on a thread / remove from list

I have a thread which extends Thread. The code looks a little like this;

class MyThread(Thread):
    def run(self):
        # Do stuff

my_threads = []
while has_jobs() and len(my_threads) < 5:
    new_thread = MyThread(next_job_details())
    new_thread.run()
    my_threads.append(new_thread)

for my_thread in my_threads
    my_thread.join()
    # Do stuff

So here in my pseudo code I check to see if there is any jobs (like a db etc) and if there is some jobs, and if there is less than 5 threads running, create new threads.

So from here, I then check over my threads and this is where I get stuck, I can use .join() but my understanding is that - this then waits until it's finished so if the first thread it checks is still in progress, it then waits till it's done - even if the other threads are finished....

so is there a way to check if a thread is done, then remove it if so?

eg

for my_thread in my_threads:
    if my_thread.done():
        # process results
        del (my_threads[my_thread]) ?? will that work...

you need to call thread.isAlive()to find out if the thread is still running

Better way is to use Queue class: http://docs.python.org/library/queue.html

Look at the good example code in the bottom of documentation page:

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

mythreads = threading.enumerate()

Enumerate returns a list of all Thread objects still alive. https://docs.python.org/3.6/library/threading.html

The answer has been covered, but for simplicity...

# To filter out finished threads
threads = [t for t in threads if t.is_alive()]

# Same thing but for QThreads (if you are using PyQt)
threads = [t for t in threads if t.isRunning()]