Start a Thread
import logging
import threading
import time
def thread_function(name):
logging.info("Thread %s: starting", name)
time.sleep(2)
logging.info("Thread %s: finishing", name)
if __name__ == "__main__":
format = "%(asctime)s: %(message)s"
logging.basicConfig(format=format, level=logging.INFO,
datefmt="%H:%M:%S")
logging.info("Main : before creating thread")
x = threading.Thread(target=thread_function, args=(1,))
logging.info("Main : before running thread")
x.start()
logging.info("Main : wait for the thread to finish")
x.join()
logging.info("Main : all done")
Daemon Threads
Python threading has a more specific meaning for daemon. A daemon thread will shut down immediately when the program exits. One way to think about these definitions is to consider the daemon thread a thread that runs in the background without worrying about shutting it down.
If a program is running Threads that are not daemons, then the program will wait for those threads to complete before it terminates. Threads that are daemons, however, are just killed wherever they are when the program is exiting.