Python: Timer

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#!/usr/bin/python

import threading
import time


class TimerClass(threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.event = threading.Event()

    def run(self):
        while not self.event.is_set():
            print "do something"
            self.event.wait(1)

    def stop(self):
        self.event.set()


tmr = TimerClass()
tmr.start()

time.sleep(10)

tmr.stop()