futureproof 0.1.0.dev0

Bulletproof concurrent.futures

Futureproof

Bulletproof concurrent.futures

concurrent.futures is amazing, but it's got some sharp edges that have bit me many times in the past.

Futureproof is a thin wrapper around it addressing some of these problems and adding some usability features.

Features:

• Monitoring: a summary of completed tasks is logged by default.
• Fail fast: errors cause the main thread to raise an exception and stop by default.
• Error policy: the user can decide whether to raise, log or completely ignore errors on tasks.
• Backpressure control: large collections of tasks are consumed lazily as the executor completes tasks, drastically reducing memory consumption and improving responsiveness in these situations.

Check out the examples directory for a hands-on comparison between futureproof and concurrent.futures.

Current status: Alpha

The API is subject to change.

Currently only tested as a wrapper for ThreadPoolExecutor and Python 3.7.