# thread_example.py  

import time
import threading

print "thread_example.py running"

class MyThread(threading.Thread):
  def __init__ (self,myid):
    self.myid=myid
    threading.Thread.__init__(self)
    print "MyThread number ",
    print self.myid,
    print " inited"
  def run(self):
    print "MyThread number ",
    print self.myid,
    print " running"
	
MyThread(1).start()
MyThread(2).start()
MyThread(3).start()
MyThread(4).start()

# time.sleep(1.0)
print "thread_example.py ending"
print "dir(threading)"
print dir(threading)