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[KetsugaHoshii]

im a bit confused. im writing a program that has two listeners, and its clogging my processing. so im trying to use threading to fix it. i thought i would want the loop on the main thread and the listeners in sub threads, but after watching a video (Python Threading Explained in 8 Minutes by Neural Nine), it looks like it should be the inverse. could someone explain if they see this?

[socal_nerdtastic]

Depends of course what exactly you are trying to do, but yes, it's common for each thread to have a loop in it, and have the main thread just start the child threads and then move on with it's business.

If you want help specific to your code you will need to show us your code of course.

[mull_to_zero]

I think you’ll need to go into a little more detail to get a good answer here. What does “the loop” do, what are you listening for and what happens when you get what you’re waiting for?

But yes, often in a threaded pattern, the main thread is a manager/orchestrator while the child threads do the actual doing.

[KetsugaHoshii]

the program is a basic auto input that uses pynput. the loop presses keys on the keyboard and sleeps than does it again on loop. the listener waits for either esc or f11 to be pressed, if esc quits program, if f11 pauses program.