Thread vs. Threading

Question

What\'s the difference between the threading and thread modules in Python?

Answer 1

If I'm not mistaken, thread allows you to run a function as a separate thread, whereas with threading you have to create a class, but get more functionality.

EDIT: This is not precisely correct. threading module provides different ways of creating a thread:

• threading.Thread(target=function_name).start()
• Create a child class of threading.Thread with your own run() method, and start it