parameters: (function, args, kwargs={})
docstring: Dummy implementation of thread.start_new_thread().
  
      Compatibility is maintained by making sure that ``args`` is a
      tuple and ``kwargs`` is a dictionary.  If an exception is raised
      and it is SystemExit (which can be done by thread.exit()) it is
      caught and nothing is done; all other exceptions are printed out
      by using traceback.print_exc().
  
      If the executed function calls interrupt_main the KeyboardInterrupt will be
      raised when the function returns.
docstring_summary: Dummy implementation of thread.start_new_thread().
docstring_tokens: Dummy implementation of thread . start_new_thread () .
function: def start_new_thread(function, args, kwargs={}):
      """Dummy implementation of thread.start_new_thread().
  
      Compatibility is maintained by making sure that ``args`` is a
      tuple and ``kwargs`` is a dictionary.  If an exception is raised
      and it is SystemExit (which can be done by thread.exit()) it is
      caught and nothing is done; all other exceptions are printed out
      by using traceback.print_exc().
  
      If the executed function calls interrupt_main the KeyboardInterrupt will be
      raised when the function returns.
  
      """
      if type(args) != type(tuple()):
          raise TypeError("2nd arg must be a tuple")
      if type(kwargs) != type(dict()):
          raise TypeError("3rd arg must be a dict")
      global _main
      _main = False
      try:
          function(*args, **kwargs)
      except SystemExit:
          pass
      except:
          _traceback.print_exc()
      _main = True
      global _interrupt
      if _interrupt:
          _interrupt = False
          raise KeyboardInterrupt
function_tokens: def start_new_thread ( function , args , kwargs = { } ) : if type ( args ) != type ( tuple ( ) ) : raise TypeError ( "2nd arg must be a tuple" ) if type ( kwargs ) != type ( dict ( ) ) : raise TypeError ( "3rd arg must be a dict" ) global _main _main = False try : function ( * args , * * kwargs ) except SystemExit : pass except : _traceback . print_exc ( ) _main = True global _interrupt if _interrupt : _interrupt = False raise KeyboardInterrupt