collections_deque_both_ends.py

#!/usr/bin/env python


import collections
import threading
import time

candle = collections.deque(xrange(5))


def burn(direction, nextSource):
    while True:
        try:
            next = nextSource()
        except IndexError:
            break
        else:
            print '%8s: %s' % (direction, next)
            time.sleep(0.1)
    print '%8s done' % direction
    return

left = threading.Thread(target=burn, args=('Left', candle.popleft))
right = threading.Thread(target=burn, args=('Right', candle.pop))

left.start()
right.start()

left.join()
right.join()