using threads with python and winnt

[Gordon McMillan]

Kreiner Karl or Charly or somebody wrote:

>             does anyone have expiriences with using threads and winnt ? I
> started working with the built-in module "thread" using
> the function "start_new_thread" , which needs two parameters : a function
> and a list of araguments to be passed to the
> function. but no matter what I do , i just get the error-message:
> 
> type error: first arg must be callable
> 
> I consulted the python manual but it didn't provide help to my problem. so,
> does anyone know the correct syntax of this
> function and are there generally any problems with using the whole library
> with windows nt ?

Threads work dandy on NT (believe it or not, one of the better 
thread implementations you'll find). You should probably be 
using "threading" instead of "thread"; the latter is extremely 
low level. As far as your problem goes, you're probably 
spelling it wrong.

def func(arg)
   # blah blah

Now "func" is a callable, but "func(1)" is an invocation which, if 
it returns a callable will work, but that's probably not what 
you're trying to do.

- Gordon