Code for Daemon Threads in Python Tutorial

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normal_thread.py

import threading import time def func(): while True: print(f"[{threading.current_thread().name}] Printing this message every 2 seconds") time.sleep(2) # initiate the thread to call the above function normal_thread = threading.Thread(target=func, name="normal_thread") # start the thread normal_thread.start() # sleep for 4 seconds and end the main thread time.sleep(4) # the main thread ends

daemon_thread.py

import threading import time def func_1(): while True: print(f"[{threading.current_thread().name}] Printing this message every 2 seconds") time.sleep(2) # initiate the thread with daemon set to True daemon_thread = threading.Thread(target=func_1, name="daemon-thread", daemon=True) # or # daemon_thread.daemon = True # or # daemon_thread.setDaemon(True) daemon_thread.start() # sleep for 10 seconds and end the main thread time.sleep(4) # the main thread ends