Threads in Python

Python has a number of different concurrency constructs such as threading, queues and multiprocessing. The threading module used to be the primary way of accomplishing concurrency. A few years ago, the multiprocessing module was added to the Python suite of standard libraries. This chapter will be focused on how to use threads and queues.

Using Threads

We will start with a simple example that just demonstrates how threads work. We will sub-class the Thread class and make it print out its name to stdout. Let’s get coding!