threading_subclass_args.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 MyThreadWithArgs(threading.Thread):

    def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None,
                 args=(), kwargs=None, verbose=None):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self, group=group,
                                  target=target,
                                  name=name,
                                  verbose=verbose)
        self.args = args
        self.kwargs = kwargs
        return

    def run(self):
        logging.debug('running with %s and %s',
                      self.args, self.kwargs)
        return

for i in range(5):
    t = MyThreadWithArgs(args=(i,),
                         kwargs={'a': 'A', 'b': 'B'})
    t.start()