General tutorial or good resource on how to use threads in Python?
When to use threads, how they are effective, and some general background on threads [specific to Python]?
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General tutorial or good resource on how to use threads in Python?
When to use threads, how they are effective, and some general background on threads [specific to Python]?
Threads should be used when you want two things to run at once, or want something to run in the background without slowing down the main process.
My recommendation is to only use threads if you have to. They generally add complexity to a program.
The main documentation for threading is here: http://docs.python.org/library/threading.html
Some examples are here:
http://www.devshed.com/c/a/Python/Basic-Threading-in-Python/1/
http://linuxgazette.net/107/pai.html
http://www.wellho.net/solutions/python-python-threads-a-first-example.html