A superficial test to see if there is any difference between Gevent Queue and Channel

queue_vs_channel.py

#!/usr/bin/python

from testlap import TestLap
from gevent.queue import Queue, Channel
from gevent.pool import Pool
from gevent import sleep


class QueueVSChannel():
    '''
    Compare Channels vs Queues
    '''

    def __init__(self, size=1000):

        self.size = size

    def test_Channel(self):
        '''Pass using channel'''

        def consume(c):

            while True:
                item = c.get()
                # print("consume: %s" % item)
                if item == "stop":
                    return

        def produce(c):

            for item in range(self.size):
                # print("produce: %s" % item)
                c.put(item)
            c.put("stop")

        c = Channel()
        p = Pool()

        p.spawn(produce, c)
        p.spawn(consume, c)
        p.join()

    def test_Queue(self):
        '''Pass using Queue'''

        def consume(c):

            while True:
                item = c.get()
                # print("consume: %s" % item)
                sleep(0)  # required otherwise we don't switch between greenlets
                if item == "stop":
                    return

        def produce(c):

            for item in range(self.size):
                # print("produce: %s" % item)
                c.put(item)
                sleep(0)  # required otherwise we don't switch between greenlets
            c.put("stop")

        q = Queue()
        p = Pool()

        p.spawn(produce, q)
        p.spawn(consume, q)
        p.join()


if __name__ == '__main__':
    instance = QueueVSChannel(10000000)
    test_lap = TestLap(instance=instance, iterations=1)
    test_lap.go()

$ python queue_vs_channel.py 
Running test_Channel 
OK
Running test_Queue 
OK
3.6.4 (default, Jan 18 2018, 12:12:25) 
[GCC 7.2.1 20170915 (Red Hat 7.2.1-2)]
Linux-4.14.18-200.fc26.x86_64-x86_64-with-fedora-26-Twenty_Six

    Compare Channels vs Queues
    
+--------------+--------------------+--------+---------+--------------+
| Function     | Description        | Result | Seconds | Iterations/s |
+--------------+--------------------+--------+---------+--------------+
| test_Channel | Pass using channel | OK     |  86.501 |        0.012 |
| test_Queue   | Pass using Queue   | OK     | 112.285 |        0.009 |
+--------------+--------------------+--------+---------+--------------+