Python thread example

threads.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import os
import re
import time
import sys
import thread

from threading import Thread

class thread_it(Thread):
    def __init__ (self,param):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self.param = param
    def run(self):
        mutex.acquire()
        try:
          output.append(self.param)
        except:
          pass
        mutex.release()


threads = []
output = []
mutex = thread.allocate_lock()

for j in range(0, 10):
    current = thread_it(j)
    threads.append(current)
    current.start()

for t in threads:
    t.join()

print output