Threading Problem

[Alan Kennedy]

[Norbert]
 > i am experimenting with threads and get puzzling results.
 > Consider the following example:
 > #--------------------
 > import threading, time
 >
 > def threadfunction():
 > ....print "threadfunction: entered"
 > ....x = 10
 > ....while x < 40:
 > ........time.sleep(1) # time unit is seconds
 > ........print "threadfunction x=%d" % x
 > ........x += 10
 >
 >
 >
 > print "start"
 > th = threading.Thread(target = threadfunction())

The problem is here                            ^^

You are *invoking* threadfunction, and passing its return value as the 
target, rather than passing the function itself as the target. That's 
why threadfunction's output appears in the output stream before the 
thread has even started.

Try this instead

#-----------------------------------------------

import threading, time

def threadfunction():
   print "threadfunction: entered"
   x = 10
   while x < 40:
     time.sleep(1) # time unit is seconds
     print "threadfunction x=%d" % x
     x += 10

print "start"
th = threading.Thread(target = threadfunction)
th.start()
print "start completed"

#------------------------------------------------

Which should output the expected

 >
start
threadfunction: entered
start completed
threadfunction x=10
threadfunction x=20
threadfunction x=30

regards,

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alan kennedy
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