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#!/usr/bin/env python

import threading
import time

class TwitterUpdater(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self, shared_data, *args, **kargs):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.shared_data = shared_data
        self.stop = False

    def run(self):
        # This is where we run the main loop
        # -- Do the streaming twitter stuff here?
        i = 1
        while not self.stop:
            time.sleep(1)
            self.shared_data['something'] = i
            i += 1

    def join(self):
        self.stop = True
        threading.Thread.join(self)

if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        # Create our shared data
        d = {'something': 0}
        # Setup the thread
        twitter_updater = TwitterUpdater(d)
        # Start the thread
        twitter_updater.start()
        for i in range(100):
            print d['something']
            time.sleep(0.2)

    finally:
        # Stop the thread
        twitter_updater.join()