python queue

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import threading
import time
import queue


def consume(q):
    while True:
        name = threading.current_thread().getName()
        print("Thread: {0} start get item from queue[current size = {1}] at time = {2} \n".format(name, q.qsize(),
                                                                                                  time.strftime(
                                                                                                      '%H:%M:%S')))
        item = q.get()
        time.sleep(3)
        print("Thread: {0} finish process item from queue[current size = {1}] at time = {2} \n".format(name, q.qsize(),
                                                                                                       time.strftime(
                                                                                                           '%H:%M:%S')))
        q.task_done()


def producer(q):
    for i in range(10):
        name = threading.current_thread().getName()
        print("Thread: {0} start put item into queue[current size = {1}] at time = {2} \n".format(name, q.qsize(),
                                                                                                  time.strftime(
                                                                                                      '%H:%M:%S')))
        item = "item-" + str(i)
        q.put(item)
        print("Thread: {0} successfully put item into queue[current size = {1}] at time = {2} \n".format(name, q.qsize(),
                                                                                                       time.strftime(
                                                                                                           '%H:%M:%S')))
    q.join()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    q = queue.Queue(maxsize=3)
    # 3 threads to consume
    threads_num = 3
    for i in range(threads_num):
        t = threading.Thread(name="consumerThread-" + str(i), target=consume, args=(q,))
        t.start()
    # thread to produce
    t = threading.Thread(name="produceThread", target=producer, args=(q,))
    t.start()
    # q.join()