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#!/usr/bin/env python

import threading
import time

called = False

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

    def run(self):
        # This is where we run the main loop
        # -- Do the streaming twitter stuff here?
        time.sleep(1)
        self.callback(*self.args, **self.kargs)

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

def my_function(*args, **kargs):
    # At the moment we import the global variable 'called', but we could just
    # as easily make my_function a class function which stores data there
    global called
    called = True

if __name__ == "__main__":
    try:
        # Setup the thread
        twitter_updater = TwitterUpdater(my_function)
        # Start the thread
        twitter_updater.start()
        for i in range(10):
            time.sleep(0.2)
            if called:
                print "Called!"
            else:
                print "Not called yet :("

    finally:
        # Stop the thread
        twitter_updater.join()