Passing a callable object to Thread

Steve Holden steve at holdenweb.com
Fri Feb 15 22:03:08 EST 2008


skawaii wrote:
> On Feb 15, 7:23 pm, Paul Rubin <http://phr...@NOSPAM.invalid> wrote:
>>  t = th.Thread(target=tribalwars.populate_all_tribes, args=("data/w7/",))
> 
> Thanks, that did it. After playing around in the interpreter a bit, I
> realize now that args=("data/w7/") doesn't create a tuple, like I
> thought it would. I have to say, though, having to add a comma at the
> end is hideous syntax....

Assuming you're right, what alternative would you suggest? Would it 
allow parenthesized expressions to retain their customary meaning?

regards
  Steve
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