def get_dbc(self): # returns a db instance when one is available else waits until one is if not self.conn_at_start and self.current_conn_size < self.max_pool_size: dbc = DBController(host=self.conf["host"], db_name=self.conf["db_name"], db_user_name=self.conf["db_user_name"], psd=self.conf["db_psw"], port=self.conf["port"]) if not dbc: print "cannot generate dbccontroller" return None self.current_conn_size += 1 dbc.new_cur() return dbc dbc = self.pool.get(True) dbc.new_cur() return dbc