basic threading example

threader.py

import threading
import time

class Continuous(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self):
        super(Continuous, self).__init__()
        self.die = False
        self.info = 0

    def run(self):
        while not self.die:
            print 'i am sending continuously', self.info
            time.sleep(.5)
        
if __name__ == '__main__':
    c = Continuous()
    c.start()
    time.sleep(1)
    c.info = 42
    time.sleep(1)
    c.die = True
    c.join()