4 - concurrent.futures: High-Level Thread and Process Pools
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Practice Questions
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What is the main purpose of the ThreadPoolExecutor?
💡 Hint: Consider what types of tasks involve waiting for resources.
How does the ProcessPoolExecutor differ from the ThreadPoolExecutor?
💡 Hint: Think about which executor can bypass the GIL.
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Which executor would you use for I/O-bound tasks?
💡 Hint: Think about where most time is spent in I/O operations.
True or False: ProcessPoolExecutor allows you to run CPU-bound tasks in parallel.
💡 Hint: Consider the advantages of using multiple cores.
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Challenge Problems
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You are developing a web scraper that needs to download images from multiple URLs efficiently. How would you implement this using ThreadPoolExecutor?
💡 Hint: Think about how the `.map` method works with multiple URLs.
A data analysis task that involves extensive computation landmarks is running slowly in your application. How would implementing ProcessPoolExecutor help enhance performance?
💡 Hint: Consider the nature of CPU-bound tasks and the advantages of using multiple cores.
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