threads

[Magnus Heino]

Hi.

Why do I get 'python' two times in the ps down below? I guess the one with 
pid 4421 is the thread that is started, but why isn't it removed when the 
thread dies?

/Magnus

>>> import thread
>>> def foo():
...     pass
...
>>> thread.start_new_thread(foo, ())
>>> del foo
>>> del thread
>>>

[magnus at daysleeper magnus]$ ps ax|grep python
 4420 pts/2    S      0:00 python
 4421 pts/2    S      0:00 python
 4440 pts/3    S      0:00 grep python
[magnus at daysleeper magnus]$