Python example of thread state

So now that we know the various states that our threads can be in, how does this translate into our Python programs? Take a look at the following code:

import threading
import time
# A very simple method for our thread to execute
def threadWorker():
  # it is only at the point where the thread starts executing
  # that it's state goes from 'Runnable' to a 'Running'
  # state
  print("My Thread has entered the 'Running' State")
  # If we call the time.sleep() method then our thread
  # goes into a not-runnable state. We can do no further work
  # on this particular thread
  time.sleep(10)
  # Thread then completes its tasks and terminates
  print("My Thread is terminating")

# At this point in time, the thread has no state
# it hasn't been allocated any system resources
myThread = threading.Thread(target=threadWorker)
# When we call myThread.start(), Python allocates the necessary system 
# resources in order for our thread to run and then calls the thread's
# run method. It goes from 'Starting' state to 'Runnable' but not running 
myThread.start()
# Here we join the thread and when this method is called
# our thread goes into a 'Dead' state. It has finished the
# job that it was intended to do.
myThread.join()
print("My Thead has entered a 'Dead' state")