#https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2408560/non-blocking-console-input
'''
what i thought:
- input() in another thread
- that were filling a global strings list
- strings are being popped in the main thread
'''

import threading

consoleBuffer = []

def consoleInput(myBuffer):
  while True:
    myBuffer.append(input())
 
threading.Thread(target=consoleInput, args=(consoleBuffer,), daemon=True).start() # start the thread

import time # just to demonstrate non blocking parallel processing

while True:
  time.sleep(2) # avoid 100% cpu
  print(time.time()) # just to demonstrate non blocking parallel processing
  if consoleBuffer:
    msg = repr(consoleBuffer.pop(0))
    print("msg = ",msg)