[python-win32] Threading Issue

[Jim Vickroy]

James Matthews wrote:
> So i need to make the list a global variable
It could be but that is not necessary.  The list is simply a variable 
known to the program unit that creates the threading.Thread(...) instance.
>
> On 7/3/07, *Jim Vickroy* <Jim.Vickroy at noaa.gov 
> <mailto:Jim.Vickroy at noaa.gov>> wrote:
>
>     James Matthews wrote:
>>     Dear List.
>>
>>     When spawning a thread using the threading module syntax
>>     new_thread = threading.Thread(target=function_returning_a_list)
>>     How can i get the list that this function is supposed to return.
>>
>>     Thanks
>>     James
>>
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>     Hello James,
>
>     There is no direct way to do what you want.  Here is an example of
>     how to indirectly do it:
>
>     >>> import threading
>     >>> def foo(result):
>     ...     [result.append(i) for i in range(4)]
>     ...    
>     >>> result = list()
>     >>> thread = threading.Thread(target=foo, args=(result,))
>     >>> thread.start()
>     >>> result
>     [0, 1, 2, 3]
>     >>>
>
>
>
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