The threading module
The threading module is a high-level threads module
- Implements threads as classes (similar to Java)
- Provides an assortment of synchronization and locking primitives.
- Built using the low-level thread module.
Creating a new thread (as a class)
- Idea: Inherit from the "Thread" class and provide a few methods
import threading, time
class PrintTime(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self,interval):
threading.Thread.__init__(self) # Required
self.interval = interval
def run(self):
while 1:
time.sleep(self.interval)
print time.ctime(time.time())
t = PrintTime(5) # Create a thread object
t.start() # Start it
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