# test capability to start a thread with keyword args # # MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd try: import utime as time except ImportError: import time import _thread def thread_entry(a0, a1, a2, a3): print('thread', a0, a1, a2, a3) # spawn thread using kw args _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (10, 20), {'a2': 0, 'a3': 1}) # wait for thread to finish time.sleep(1) # incorrect argument where dictionary is needed for keyword args try: _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (), ()) except TypeError: print('TypeError') print('done')