#!/usr/bin/env python
     # encoding: utf-8
     #
     # Copyright (c) 2008 Doug Hellmann All rights reserved.
     #
     """Subclassing Thread to create your own thread types.
     """
     #end_pymotw_header
     
     import threading
     import logging
     
     logging.basicConfig(level=logging.DEBUG,
                         format='(%(threadName)-10s) %(message)s',
                         )
     
     class MyThreadWithArgs(threading.Thread):
     
         def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None,
                      args=(), kwargs=None, verbose=None):
             threading.Thread.__init__(self, group=group, target=target, name=name,
                                       verbose=verbose)
             self.args = args
             self.kwargs = kwargs
             return
     
         def run(self):
             logging.debug('running with %s and %s', self.args, self.kwargs)
             return
     
     for i in range(5):
         t = MyThreadWithArgs(args=(i,), kwargs={'a':'A', 'b':'B'})
         t.start()