- Add get_newest method to parpool.

parfor/__init__.py

@@ -380,6 +380,14 @@ class parpool(object):
         self.handles.remove(handle)
         return self.res.pop(handle)
 
+    def get_newest(self):
+         """ Request the newest key and result and delete its record. Wait if result not yet available. """
+         if len(self.handles):
+            while not len(self.res):
+                self._getfromq()
+            key = list(self.res.keys())[0]
+            return key, self[key]
+
     def __delitem__(self, handle):
         self[handle]
 

setup.py

@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ with open("README.md", "r") as fh:
 
 setuptools.setup(
     name="parfor",
-    version="2021.3.0",
+    version="2021.3.1",
     author="Wim Pomp",
     author_email="wimpomp@gmail.com",
     description="A package to mimic the use of parfor as done in Matlab.",