import Queueimport threadingclass Job(object):  def __init__(self, priority, description):    self.priority = priority    self.description = description    print 'New job:', description    return  def __cmp__(self, other):    return cmp(self.priority, other.priority)q = Queue.PriorityQueue()q.put(Job(3,'Mid-level job'))q.put(Job(10,'Low-level job'))q.put(Job(1,'Important job'))def process_job(q):  while True:    next_job = q.get()    print 'Processing job:', next_job.description    q.task_done()workers = [threading.Thread(target=process_job,args=(q,)),      threading.Thread(target=process_job,args=(q,)),]for w in workers:  w.setDaemon(True)  w.start()q.join()

New job: Mid-level jobNew job: Low-level jobNew job: Important jobProcessing job: Important jobProcessing job: Mid-level jobProcessing job: Low-level job