On 2011年3月05日 16:56:21 +0100 Georg Brandl <g.brandl at gmx.net> wrote: >> > I'm rather opposed to this, it's a useless addition to the API with no > > real point. Calling the Thread() constructor works basically ok. >> Problem is, the one-liner doesn't give you a reference to the Thread object. It does if you don't call start() :)