On May 28, 8:52 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > > > > On May 28, 8:26 pm, "Diez B. Roggisch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb: > > >>> Hi, > >>> I'm trying to work out some strange (to me) behaviour that I see when > >>> running a python script in two different ways (I've inherited some > >>> code that needs to be maintained and integrated with another lump of > >>> code). The sample script is: > >>> # Sample script, simply create a new thread and run a > >>> # regular expression match in it. > >>> import re > >>> import threading > >>> class TestThread(threading.Thread): > >>> def run(self): > >>> print('start') > >>> try: > >>> re.search('mmm', 'mmmm') > >>> except Exception, e: > >>> print e > >>> print('finish') > >>> tmpThread = TestThread() > >>> tmpThread.start() > >>> tmpThread.join() > >>> import time > >>> for i in range(10): > >>> time.sleep(0.5) > >>> print i > >>> # end of sample script > >>> Now if I run this using: > >>> $ python ThreadTest.py > >>> then it behaves as expected, ie an output like: > >>> start > >>> finish > >>> 0 > >>> 1 > >>> 2 > >>> ... > >>> But if I run it as follows (how the inherited code was started): > >>> $ python -c "import TestThread" > >>> then I just get: > >>> start > >>> I know how to get around the problem but could someone with more > >>> knowledge of how python works explain why this is the case? > >> Works for me. And I don't see any reason why it shouldn't for you - > >> unless you didn't show us the actual code. > > >> Diez > > > Strange. That is the code exactly as I run it using python 2.4.4 2.5.1 > > on Ubuntu 7.10. Which version of python/what platform were you using? > > mac-dir:/tmp deets$ python > Python 2.5.1 (r251:54869, Apr 18 2007, 22:08:04) > [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5367)] on darwin > Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. > Welcome to rlcompleter2 0.96 > for nice experiences hit <tab> multiple times > >>> > > But I doubt this changes anything. > > Diez
Hmm. Just tested it again on OS X Python 2.4.4 and custom build of Python 2.4.5 on Debian and get the same results as I had before. Thanks, Rowan -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list