Threading/forking under Python

[Fredrik Lundh]

Alex Maranda wrote:
> Martin PLACEK wrote:
> >         I'm new to python, and would like to know if it is possible to thread function
> > calls. I have tried using 'start_new_thread'. But, when I execute it within the
> > interpreter I find myself waiting for the function to complete before I can make
> > my next function call.
>
> Don't bother with the low level 'thread' package; use the higher level
> 'threading' package (in 1.5.1 it was documented in threading_api.py,
> this might have changed in 1.5.2).

http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-threading.html

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