Threads - Newbie Questions

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3A410BB1.AAB6BE3C at NONOraqiaMAPS.com>,
David Lees  <DavidL at NONOraqiaMAPS.com> wrote:
>
>I am now starting to play with Python threads.  Could someone refer me
>to documentation other than the Library reference for some simple
>examples?

http://starship.python.net/crew/aahz/

>My specific questions are:
>1. I am passing the lock as an argument to each thread.  Is this the
>proper way to do it?

More or less, though you may need more than one lock.  Take a look at
threading.py for some source code examples of constructing higher-level
locking objects.
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