How can I implement atomic operations in Python?

How can I implement atomic operations in Python?

You can use the threading module, specifically the Lock class, to implement atomic operations. Would you like an example?

Yes, please provide an example of using a lock for atomic operations.

Sure! Here's a simple example:

import threading

counter = 0
lock = threading.Lock()

def increment():
    global counter
    with lock:
        for _ in range(1000):
            counter += 1

threads = [threading.Thread(target=increment) for _ in range(10)]
for thread in threads:
    thread.start()
for thread in threads:
    thread.join()

print(counter)  # Should print 10000

What if I want to use atomic operations without locks?

You can use the atomic module from the multiprocessing library, which provides atomic operations without explicit locks. Would you like to know more about that?