tried multithreading, not worth it at the current point

src/music_kraken/download/page_attributes.py

@@ -1,26 +1,32 @@
-from typing import Tuple, Type, Dict
+from typing import Tuple, Type, Dict, List
+import threading
+from queue import Queue
 
 from ..utils.enums.source import SourcePages
+from ..utils.support_classes import Query, EndThread
 from ..pages import Page, EncyclopaediaMetallum, Musify
 
-
+ALL_PAGES: Tuple[Type[Page], ...] = (
-NAME_PAGE_MAP: Dict[str, Page] = dict()
+    EncyclopaediaMetallum,
-PAGE_NAME_MAP: Dict[Page, str] = dict()
+    Musify
-SOURCE_PAGE_MAP: Dict[SourcePages, Page] = dict()
-
-ALL_PAGES: Tuple[Page, ...] = (
-    EncyclopaediaMetallum(),
-    Musify())
 )
 
-AUDIO_PAGES: Tuple[Page, ...] = (
+AUDIO_PAGES: Tuple[Type[Page], ...] = (
-    Musify(),
+    Musify,
 )
 
-SHADY_PAGES: Tuple[Page, ...] = (
+SHADY_PAGES: Tuple[Type[Page], ...] = (
-    Musify(),
+    Musify,
 )
 
+
+exit_threads = EndThread()
+search_queue: Queue[Query] = Queue()
+
+_page_threads: Dict[Type[Page], List[Page]] = dict()
+
+
+"""
 # this needs to be case-insensitive
 SHORTHANDS = ('a', 'b', 'c', 'd', 'e', 'f', 'g', 'h', 'i', 'j', 'k', 'l', 'm', 'n', 'o', 'p', 'q', 'r', 's', 't', 'u', 'v', 'w', 'x', 'y', 'z')
 for i, page in enumerate(ALL_PAGES):
@@ -30,4 +36,4 @@ for i, page in enumerate(ALL_PAGES):
     PAGE_NAME_MAP[type(page)] = SHORTHANDS[i]
 
     SOURCE_PAGE_MAP[page.SOURCE_TYPE] = page
-    
+"""

src/music_kraken/pages/abstract.py

@@ -24,8 +24,8 @@ from ..utils.enums.source import SourcePages
 from ..utils.enums.album import AlbumType
 from ..audio import write_metadata_to_target, correct_codec
 from ..utils import shared
-from ..utils.shared import DEFAULT_VALUES, DOWNLOAD_PATH, DOWNLOAD_FILE
+from ..utils.shared import DEFAULT_VALUES, DOWNLOAD_PATH, DOWNLOAD_FILE, THREADED
-from ..utils.support_classes import Query, DownloadResult, DefaultTarget
+from ..utils.support_classes import Query, DownloadResult, DefaultTarget, EndThread, FinishedSearch
 
 
 INDEPENDENT_DB_OBJECTS = Union[Label, Album, Artist, Song]
@@ -104,7 +104,14 @@ def merge_together(old_object: DatabaseObject, new_object: DatabaseObject) -> Da
     return old_object
 
 
-class Page(threading.Thread):
+class LoreIpsum:
+    pass
+
+
+Parent = threading.Thread if THREADED else LoreIpsum
+
+
+class Page(Parent):
     """
     This is an abstract class, laying out the 
     functionality for every other class fetching something
@@ -113,14 +120,24 @@ class Page(threading.Thread):
     SOURCE_TYPE: SourcePages
     LOGGER = logging.getLogger("this shouldn't be used")
     
-    def __init__(self, search_queue: Queue, search_result_queue: Queue):
+    def __init__(self, end_event: EndThread, search_queue: Queue, search_result_queue: Queue):
+        self.end_event = end_event
+        
         self.search_queue = search_queue
         self.search_result_queue = search_result_queue
         
-        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
+        Parent.__init__(self)
+
+    @property
+    def _empty_working_queues(self):
+        return self.search_queue.empty()
 
     def run(self) -> None:
-        pass
+        while bool(self.end_event) and self._empty_working_queues:
+            if not self.search_queue.empty():
+                self.search(self.search_queue.get())
+                self.search_result_queue.put(FinishedSearch())
+                continue
     
     def get_source_type(self, source: Source) -> Optional[Type[DatabaseObject]]:
         return None
@@ -146,7 +163,9 @@ class Page(threading.Thread):
             
         r = []
         for default_query in query.default_search:
-            r.extend(self.general_search(default_query))
+            for single_option in self.general_search(default_query):
+                r.append(single_option)
+                self.search_result_queue.put(single_option)
         
         return r
     

src/music_kraken/utils/shared.py

@@ -103,3 +103,5 @@ SORT_BY_DATE = AUDIO_SECTION.SORT_BY_DATE.object_from_value
 SORT_BY_ALBUM_TYPE = AUDIO_SECTION.SORT_BY_ALBUM_TYPE.object_from_value
 
 ALBUM_TYPE_BLACKLIST: Set[AlbumType] = set(AUDIO_SECTION.ALBUM_TYPE_BLACKLIST.object_from_value)
+
+THREADED = False

src/music_kraken/utils/support_classes/__init__.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 from .default_target import DefaultTarget
 from .download_result import DownloadResult
 from .query import Query
+from .thread_classes import EndThread, FinishedSearch

src/music_kraken/utils/support_classes/thread_classes.py

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+class EndThread:
+    _has_ended: bool = False
+    
+    def __bool__(self):
+        return self._has_ended
+    
+    def exit(self):
+        self._has_ended
+        
+class FinishedSearch:
+    pass
+