global variable not accessible withing thread
from threading import Thread
from queue import Queue
import time
def thread1(threadname, q):
#read variable "a" modify by thread 2
while True:
a = q.get()
if a is None: return # Poison pill
print a
def thread2(threadname, q):
a = 0
for _ in xrange(10):
a += 1
q.put(a)
time.sleep(1)
q.put(None) # Poison pill
queue = Queue()
thread1 = Thread( target=thread1, args=("Thread-1", queue) )
thread2 = Thread( target=thread2, args=("Thread-2", queue) )
thread1.start()
thread2.start()
thread1.join()
thread2.join()