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4Concurrent Execution
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7The modules described in this chapter provide support for concurrent
8execution of code. The appropriate choice of tool will depend on the
9task to be executed (CPU bound vs IO bound) and preferred style of
10development (event driven cooperative multitasking vs preemptive
11multitasking) Here's an overview:
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16 threading.rst
17 multiprocessing.rst
Georg Brandlfe7b00f2012-10-06 13:49:34 +020018 concurrent.rst
Nick Coghlanbac9a532012-08-20 18:05:46 +100019 concurrent.futures.rst
20 subprocess.rst
21 sched.rst
22 queue.rst
23 select.rst
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26The following are support modules for some of the above services:
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28.. toctree::
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30 dummy_threading.rst
31 _thread.rst
32 _dummy_thread.rst