The state of thread

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Along with thread v1.0.0, we have received some suggestions and criticisms.
This post will address them and serve as an outline for how thread will change going forward.
_{(Please note that the following is not a 1v1 abstract)}

Suggestions

1. We should conform to PEP8

Originally we went with 2 space instead of 4 space linting configuration. This was just a personal preference coming from a lua/javascript background. Python operates on indentation levels and as long as we use consistent indentation of 2 spaces, it really does not matter.

However, as thread grows and matures, we need to make contributing to thread easier and more developer friendly. As such, thread will conform to PEP8.

• Style: Conforming to PEP8 #63
• Formatting code
• Updating CODESTYLE
• Updating ruff configuration

2. We should change our package name

There are 2 main arguments to this:

• thread is too generic a name and makes it hard to search
• There is a built-in _thread module which may be confused for thread

When thread was first released on PyPI, I was not aware of the _thread built-in module and admittedly, thread is quite the generic name. It is unfortunate that I was not able to catch this earlier and I'm grateful for this being raised.

At present, we are looking for a new name before we make a change.
We welcome naming suggestions.

• Name PENDING
• Branches PENDING
• Increment thread to v2.0.0 with deprecation notice
• Update pyproject.toml
• Update documentation
• Update social card
• Update DOI register
• Update CITATION.cff

3. We should change Parallel to Concurrent

In hindsight, this should have been caught from the very start and we apologize for any misconceptions regarding the behavior of thread.ParallelProcessing. This was already documented in our docs.

As this will be a breaking change as thread.ParallelProcessing turns to thread.ConcurrentProcessing, this change will only be present in the new package v1.0.0.

• PR v2.0.0 #76
• Update thread
• Update documentation

Conclusion

Thank you for all the suggestions!
It is only with your help we can make thread better and better! ❤️

As an extra note, please remain respectful and kind to everyone as outlined in our Code of Conduct

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Improving thread in parallel concurrently. 😉