Josh Haberman

Some Python fan please tell me that I’m missing something.

Is this really the boilerplate necessary for creating even the simplest thread in Python?

import threading
 
class MyThread(threading.Thread):
  def __init__(self, arg, **kwargs):
    threading.Thread.__init__(self, **kwargs)
    self.arg = arg
 
  def run(self):
    print "I'm running in a thread, with arg %d!" % (self.arg)
 
thread = MyThread(5)
thread.start()

This is making me miss Ruby, for which the equivalent is:

thread = Thread.new(5) { |arg|
  puts "I'm running in a thread, with arg #{arg}!"
}

P.S. Gazelle 0.2 is making a lot of progress, but unfortunately won’t hit the 1 month mark I hoped for. Surprise surprise. But when it does come, it’s going to be awesome.