下面的函数foo返回一个字符串'foo'。我如何才能获得从线程的目标返回的值'foo' ?

from threading import Thread

def foo(bar):
    print('hello {}'.format(bar))
    return 'foo'
    
thread = Thread(target=foo, args=('world!',))
thread.start()
return_value = thread.join()

上面所示的“一种明显的方法”不起作用:thread.join()返回None。


当前回答

Parris / kindall的answer join/return answer移植到Python 3:

from threading import Thread

def foo(bar):
    print('hello {0}'.format(bar))
    return "foo"

class ThreadWithReturnValue(Thread):
    def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs=None, *, daemon=None):
        Thread.__init__(self, group, target, name, args, kwargs, daemon=daemon)

        self._return = None

    def run(self):
        if self._target is not None:
            self._return = self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)

    def join(self):
        Thread.join(self)
        return self._return


twrv = ThreadWithReturnValue(target=foo, args=('world!',))

twrv.start()
print(twrv.join())   # prints foo

注意,Thread类在Python 3中实现的方式不同。

其他回答

在Python 3.2+中,stdlib concurrent。futures模块为线程提供了一个更高级别的API,包括将返回值或异常从工作线程传递回主线程:

import concurrent.futures

def foo(bar):
    print('hello {}'.format(bar))
    return 'foo'

with concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor() as executor:
    future = executor.submit(foo, 'world!')
    return_value = future.result()
    print(return_value)

这是我根据@Kindall的回答创建的版本。

这个版本使得您所要做的就是输入带有参数的命令来创建新线程。

这是用Python 3.8做的:

from threading import Thread
from typing import Any

def test(plug, plug2, plug3):
    print(f"hello {plug}")
    print(f'I am the second plug : {plug2}')
    print(plug3)
    return 'I am the return Value!'

def test2(msg):
    return f'I am from the second test: {msg}'

def test3():
    print('hello world')

def NewThread(com, Returning: bool, *arguments) -> Any:
    """
    Will create a new thread for a function/command.

    :param com: Command to be Executed
    :param arguments: Arguments to be sent to Command
    :param Returning: True/False Will this command need to return anything
    """
    class NewThreadWorker(Thread):
        def __init__(self, group = None, target = None, name = None, args = (), kwargs = None, *,
                     daemon = None):
            Thread.__init__(self, group, target, name, args, kwargs, daemon = daemon)
            
            self._return = None
        
        def run(self):
            if self._target is not None:
                self._return = self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
        
        def join(self):
            Thread.join(self)
            return self._return
    
    ntw = NewThreadWorker(target = com, args = (*arguments,))
    ntw.start()
    if Returning:
        return ntw.join()

if __name__ == "__main__":
    print(NewThread(test, True, 'hi', 'test', test2('hi')))
    NewThread(test3, True)

一种常见的解决方案是用装饰器来包装函数foo

result = queue.Queue()

def task_wrapper(*args):
    result.put(target(*args))

那么整个代码可能是这样的

result = queue.Queue()

def task_wrapper(*args):
    result.put(target(*args))

threads = [threading.Thread(target=task_wrapper, args=args) for args in args_list]

for t in threads:
    t.start()
    while(True):
        if(len(threading.enumerate()) < max_num):
            break
for t in threads:
    t.join()
return result

Note

一个重要的问题是返回值可能是无序的。 (事实上,返回值不一定保存到队列中,因为您可以选择任意线程安全的数据结构)

您可以在线程函数的作用域之上定义一个可变变量,并将结果添加到该变量中。(我还修改了代码,使其与python3兼容)

returns = {}
def foo(bar):
    print('hello {0}'.format(bar))
    returns[bar] = 'foo'

from threading import Thread
t = Thread(target=foo, args=('world!',))
t.start()
t.join()
print(returns)

返回{'world!”:“foo”}

如果使用函数input作为结果字典的键,则保证每个惟一的输入都在结果中给出一个条目

你可以使用ThreadPool()的pool.apply_async()来返回test()的值,如下所示:

from multiprocessing.pool import ThreadPool

def test(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2

pool = ThreadPool(processes=1) # Here
result = pool.apply_async(test, (2, 3)) # Here
print(result.get()) # 5

并且,你也可以使用concurrent.futures.ThreadPoolExecutor()的submit()来返回test()的值,如下所示:

from concurrent.futures import ThreadPoolExecutor

def test(num1, num2):
    return num1 + num2

with ThreadPoolExecutor(max_workers=1) as executor:
    future = executor.submit(test, 2, 3) # Here
print(future.result()) # 5

并且,代替返回,你可以使用数组结果,如下所示:

from threading import Thread

def test(num1, num2, r):
    r[0] = num1 + num2 # Instead of "return"

result = [None] # Here

thread = Thread(target=test, args=(2, 3, result))
thread.start()
thread.join()
print(result[0]) # 5

而不是返回,你也可以使用队列结果,如下所示:

from threading import Thread
import queue

def test(num1, num2, q):
    q.put(num1 + num2) # Instead of "return" 

queue = queue.Queue() # Here

thread = Thread(target=test, args=(2, 3, queue))
thread.start()
thread.join()
print(queue.get()) # '5'