google/api_core/future/_helpers.py

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"""Private helpers for futures."""

import logging
import threading


_LOGGER = logging.getLogger(__name__)


def start_daemon_thread(*args, **kwargs):
    """Starts a thread and marks it as a daemon thread."""
    thread = threading.Thread(*args, **kwargs)
    thread.daemon = True
    thread.start()
    return thread


def safe_invoke_callback(callback, *args, **kwargs):
    """Invoke a callback, swallowing and logging any exceptions."""
    # pylint: disable=bare-except
    # We intentionally want to swallow all exceptions.
    try:
        return callback(*args, **kwargs)
    except Exception:
        _LOGGER.exception("Error while executing Future callback.")