Thread: Figure 11.2

"""
APUE Figure 11.2 Printing. thread IDs.
"""

from threading import Thread, currentThread, RLock
import time

lock = RLock()
def printThreadId(ss):
    lock.acquire()
    print ss, currentThread().name
    lock.release()

def f():
    printThreadId("new threads: ")

def main():
    t = Thread(target=f)
    t.start()
    printThreadId("main thread: ")

main()    
time.sleep(1)
exit(0)