.local()
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Published Jun 3, 2022
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The .local() method returns a local thread object with data that is specific to that thread. This data can be anything from arbitrary numbers to session-specific information like usernames.
Syntax
threading.local()
No parameters are used in the .local() method.
Example
Data can be locally stored as a property in a specific thread, as shown in the example below:
The output would look like this:
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Codebyte Example
Additionally, the object returned by .local() can be assigned to a variable, which is then stored in memory. Any stored data can be found in the local thread’s predefined __dict__ attribute:
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