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A thread pool is an object that maintains a pool of worker threads to
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perform time consuming operations in parallel. It assigns jobs to the
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threads by putting them in a work request queue, where they are picked
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up by the next available thread. This then performs the requested
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operation in the background and puts the results in another queue.
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The thread pool object can then collect the results from all threads
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from this queue as soon as they become available or after all threads
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have finished their work. It's then possible to define callbacks to
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handle each result as it comes in.
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NOTE: This module is regarded as an extended example, not as a
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finished product. Feel free to adapt it too your needs.
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