thread.start_new_thread question

[Brian]

Hi KV,

Here's a site that provides an easy, beginners example of how to do 
threading.  You might find this useful too...   :-)

http://www.codesampler.com/python.htm
(Look for the "Spawning Threads" section.)

Brian
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Konstantin Veretennicov wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Just curious:
> 
>>>>import thread
>>>>help(thread.start_new_thread)
> 
>     . . .
>     start_new_thread(function, args[, kwargs])
>     . . .
> 
> Second argument is mandatory. Is it incidental or for a reason?
> 
> - kv