[Tutor] problem with threading module

[Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams]

On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, lonetwin wrote:

> Hi everybody,
>      Could someone please explain this:
> ###########################################################
> Python 2.0 (#1, Apr 11 2001, 19:18:08)
> [GCC 2.96 20000731 (Linux-Mandrake 8.0 2.96-0.48mdk)] on linux-i386
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import thread
> >>> import threading
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "./threading.py", line 12, in ?
>     class TestThread(threading.Thread):
> AttributeError: Thread
> >>>
> #########################################################
> the threading module exists, and so does the definition of the Thread
> class.....I'm just learning about threading, so I'm clue-less right now

You have a local file called threading.py that is masking access to the
standard Python module of the same name.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams  <ignacio@openservices.net>