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why thread id get so large

In [19]: threading.currentThread().ident
Out[19]: 139639576676096

139639576676096 is my thread id in mysql CENTOS box. Is it OK? why the thread id gets so big?

Upvotes: 3

Views: 1435

Answers (1)

Martijn Pieters
Martijn Pieters

Reputation: 1122352

The thread identifier is not an auto-incrementing number. Instead, it is a unique number for that thread, and it is going to be a non-zero integer between -sys.maxint + 1 and sys.maxint,

The identifier is a 'magic cookie' value. You don't need to care about it's actual value, just that it'll uniquely identify the current thread.

Upvotes: 8

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