Question

I need some help implementing threading using Python 2.1. I would readily update to a newer version of Python, but unfortunately, I’m working within an interpreter built into a video game, so 2.1 is written in stone for me. To be clear, I need an example of how to do threading without using ‘import threading’. ‘import thread’ is okay, but I can’t get it to work right; usually it just locks up the game, when I try to spawn a new thread.

Alternatively, if someone could kindly explain to me where I might find this core ‘threading’ module, I might be able to incorporate that into a solution, because the examples I’ve read about how to use that module seem very straight-forward.

TIA

Answer 1

I’d recommend using the threading module. If you don’t have it, you can get the version from Python 2.1 here: http://pastebin.com/5f9NBmcg

Note that it imports thread, so if your system has a problem with threads, it still won’t work.

If you need specific modules from Python 2.1, go to the release page and click on one of the download links:

• Python-2.1.3.tgz – you can use gunzip, then tar to extract the files
• Python-2.1.3.exe – you can rename the file to put a .zip extentsion on it, then use your favorite ZIP utility to extract files.