threading.Thread()
threading.Thread() is a Python function in the Threading Module category. Creates a new thread object that runs the target function with args. The syntax is threading.Thread(group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}, *, daemon=None). Returns: Thread object. A typical example: import threading
def work():
print("Thread running")
t = threading.Thread(target=work)
t.start()
t.join(). A close sibling is thread.Thread.start(), which starts the thread activity. Must be called at most once per thread. A close sibling is thread.Thread.join(), which waits for the thread to terminate. Blocks until timeout or completion. A close sibling is threading.Lock(), which creates a new primitive lock (mutex). Only one thread can acquire the lock at a time. A close sibling is threading.RLock(), which creates a reentrant lock that can be acquired multiple times by the same thread. More about this category: Thread-based parallelism — Thread, Lock, Semaphore, Event, Timer. Related Threading Module entries: thread.Thread.start(), thread.Thread.join(), threading.Lock(), threading.RLock(), threading.Semaphore(), threading.Event().