Non-Blocking raw_input() in python

Question

After digging around in SO for a while, I still haven\'t found a good answer to what I would hope is a fairly common need. Basically I need a main thread to do \"stuff\" unt

Answer 1

I found the accepted answer didn't work for me - it would still block at raw_input even in a separate thread. However, when I switched the threads around it worked right away.

import threading 

def mainWork():
  while 1:
    #whatever you wanted to do until an input is received

myThread = threading.Thread(target=mainWork)
myThread.start()

while 1:
  input = raw_input()
  #do stuff with input when it is received