On Sat, 05 Mar 2011 16:56:21 +0100 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote: > > > I'm rather opposed to this, it's a useless addition to the API with no > > real point. Calling the Thread() constructor works basically ok. > > Problem is, the one-liner doesn't give you a reference to the Thread object. It does if you don't call start() :)