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import queue
import threading
import time

SENTINEL = object()
q: queue.Queue = queue.Queue(maxsize=100)

def producer(n: int):
    for i in range(n):
        q.put(f"job-{i}")
    q.put(SENTINEL)   # one sentinel per consumer

def consumer(name: str):
    while True:
        item = q.get()
        if item is SENTINEL:
            q.task_done()
            print(f"{name} done")
            return
        print(f"{name} -> {item}")
        time.sleep(0.05)
        q.task_done()

NUM_CONSUMERS = 3
threads = [threading.Thread(target=consumer, args=(f"c{i}",)) for i in range(NUM_CONSUMERS)]
for t in threads: t.start()

producer(20)
for _ in range(NUM_CONSUMERS - 1): q.put(SENTINEL)
for t in threads: t.join()