Controlling Thread Execution Time in Python

Question

Is it possible to control the proportional execution time of a thread in python. For example, I have three functions F1, F2 and F3 in my program. I am calling each function with using start_new_thread in python. I want F2 thread to execute 70 percent of time while F1 and F3 should share rest of 30 percent. Is there a way to explicitly control these timings.

Answer 1

You could create a scheduler using a priority queue and a time quantum. Not sure on the specifics for this in Python, but the concept is the same: create a Scheduler class that accepts a thread, add the thread to a priority queue with a given priority, then sleep the thread after a specified time quantum has elapsed. You can tailor the time quantum depending on the current threads priority.

This is similar to how an Operating System schedules process threads.