multithreading - Creating threads from the same class but with different methods connected in Python -

classes should generic, right? i've got example of multithreading using threading module, overrides run method, in fact class can create thread connected print_time method. how can make thread of same class, connected different method, example print_time_2?

#!/usr/bin/python  import threading import time  exitflag = 0  class mythread (threading.thread):     def __init__(self, threadid, name, counter):         threading.thread.__init__(self)         self.threadid = threadid         self.name = name         self.counter = counter     def run(self):         print "starting " + self.name         print_time(self.name, self.counter, 5)         print "exiting " + self.name  def print_time(threadname, delay, counter):     while counter:         if exitflag:             thread.exit()         time.sleep(delay)         print "%s: %s" % (threadname, time.ctime(time.time()))         counter -= 1  def print_time_2(threadname):     while true:         print "its me, %s" % (threadname)  # create new threads thread1 = mythread(1, "thread-1", 1) thread2 = mythread(2, "thread-2", 2) #how connect thread print_time_2  # start new threads thread1.start() thread2.start()  print "exiting main thread" 

instead of creating own thread class, can import thread class threading module , invoke functions (and specify arguments necessary)

example -

from threading import thread  def print_time(threadname, delay, counter):     while counter:         if exitflag:             thread.exit()         time.sleep(delay)         print "%s: %s" % (threadname, time.ctime(time.time()))         counter -= 1  def print_time_2(threadname):     while true:         print "its me, %s" % (threadname)  t1 = thread(target=print_time, args=(1, "thread-1", 1) ) t2 = thread(target=print_time_2, args=("thread-2" , ) )  t1.start() t2.start() 

document python threading class - https://docs.python.org/2/library/threading.html

and yes, if args consists of 1 argument, need last ',' given in example.