pip-get.py

import sys
import time
from PyQt4 import QtCore, QtGui
from PyQt4.QtCore import pyqtSignal, pyqtSlot
import threading


def logthread(caller):
    print('%-25s: %s, %s,' % (caller, threading.current_thread().name,
                              threading.current_thread().ident))


class MyApp(QtGui.QWidget):

    def __init__(self, parent=None):
        QtGui.QWidget.__init__(self, parent)

        self.setGeometry(300, 300, 280, 600)
        self.setWindowTitle('using threads')

        self.layout = QtGui.QVBoxLayout(self)

        self.testButton = QtGui.QPushButton("QThread")
        self.testButton.released.connect(self.test)
        self.listwidget = QtGui.QListWidget(self)

        self.layout.addWidget(self.testButton)
        self.layout.addWidget(self.listwidget)

        self.threadPool = []
        logthread('mainwin.__init__')

    def add(self, text):
        """ Add item to list widget """
        logthread('mainwin.add')
        self.listwidget.addItem(text)
        self.listwidget.sortItems()

    def addBatch(self, text="test", iters=6, delay=0.3):
        """ Add several items to list widget """
        logthread('mainwin.addBatch')
        for i in range(iters):
            time.sleep(delay)  # artificial time delay
            self.add(text+" "+str(i))

    def test(self):
        my_thread = QtCore.QThread()
        my_thread.start()

        # This causes my_worker.run() to eventually execute in my_thread:
        my_worker = GenericWorker(self.addBatch)
        my_worker.moveToThread(my_thread)
        my_worker.start.emit("hello")
        # my_worker.finished.connect(self.xxx)

        self.threadPool.append(my_thread)
        self.my_worker = my_worker


class GenericWorker(QtCore.QObject):

    start = pyqtSignal(str)
    finished = pyqtSignal()

    def __init__(self, function, *args, **kwargs):
        super(GenericWorker, self).__init__()
        logthread('GenericWorker.__init__')
        self.function = function
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        self.start.connect(self.run)

    @pyqtSlot()
    def run(self, *args, **kwargs):
        logthread('GenericWorker.run')
        self.function(*self.args, **self.kwargs)
        self.finished.emit()


# run
app = QtGui.QApplication(sys.argv)
test = MyApp()
test.show()
app.exec_()