run function in background?

[Piet van Oostrum]

>>>>> Damian Menscher <menscher+python at uiuc.edu> (DM) writes:

DM> Is there a way to run a function in python in the background?
DM> Ideally I'd want something like

DM> def my_func(params):
DM> 	stuff here

DM> for i in range(10):
DM> 	print "starting a process"
DM> 	my_func(params) &

DM> where the & indicates that shouldn't stop the flow of the program,
DM> so the loop would continue and have all 10 go simultaneously.

Use threads.
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