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[Kent Johnson]

codecraig wrote:
> If i have a class such as
> 
> class Foo:
>     def doSomething(self, cmd, cmd2, callback):
>         cmd = <translate command>
>         results = <..do some possibly long task..>
>         callback(results)
> 
> What I am looking to do is have that "long task" done in a separate
> thread...how can I do this?

import threading and add this method to class Foo:

   def doSomethingThreaded(self, cmd, cmd2, callback):
     threading.Thread(target=self.doSomething, args=(cmd, cmd2, callback)).start()


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Kent