t.start

Describing start()

  • The start method starts a Thread instance t
  • It does this by invoking the run method in a separate thread
  • This method can be invoked only once per thread t

Example of start

# sleepy.py
>>> import logging
>>> import threading as t
>>> import time

>>> def sleep_thread(msg):
...     print('thread started')
...     print(msg)
...     time.sleep(2)
...     print('thread done')

>>> if __name__ == "__main__":
...     print('main started')
...     msg = 'i am sleepy'
...     thd = t.Thread(target=sleep_thread, args=(msg,))
...     print('main created thread')
...     thd.start()
...     print('main started thread')
...     print('main done')

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