threading_subclass.py

#!/usr/bin/env python

# this is from The Python
# Standard Library by example
# ISBN13: 9780321767349

import threading
import logging

logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
                    format='(%(threadName)-10s) %(message)s',
                    )


class MyThread(threading.Thread):

    def run(self):
        logging.debug('running')
        return

for i in range(5):
    t = MyThread()
    t.start()