'''
  threads.py
  Jeff Ondich, 15 November 2010

  Simple example of threaded code. Beware the race condition.
  (Take a close look at the output. Is it all a's or all b's
  on every line? Or does it get mixed up?)
'''

from threading import *

class FightingThread(Thread):
    def __init__(self, symbol):
        Thread.__init__(self)
        self.symbol = symbol

    def run(self):
        for j in range(1000):
            for k in range(len(gSharedList)):
                gSharedList[k] = self.symbol
            print gSharedList

gSharedList = ['x', 'x', 'x', 'x', 'x', 'x', 'x', 'x']

threadA = FightingThread('a')
threadB = FightingThread('b')

threadA.start()
threadB.start()