In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kent Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >D wrote: >> >> My question is, how would I go >> about creating the thread? I have seen examples that used classes, and >> other examples that just called one thread start command - when should >> you use one over another? > >For simple use it doesn't matter. Use a class when you want to add more >state or behaviour - for example you might want a flag that tells the >thread to stop, or a Queue to communicate with the thread. A class might >be more convenient in these cases. > >IOW if you can write it as a single function it doesn't matter much >which form you use; for more complex usage you may want a class.
OTOH, always subclassing requires less thinking. -- Aahz ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "19. A language that doesn't affect the way you think about programming, is not worth knowing." --Alan Perlis -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
