tests: Add tests for _thread module.

Includes functionality and stress tests.

1 files changed, 24 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py b/tests/thread/thread_exc1.py
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+# test raising and catching an exception within a thread
+#
+# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
+
+try:
+    import utime as time
+except ImportError:
+    import time
+import _thread
+
+def foo():
+    raise ValueError
+
+def thread_entry():
+    try:
+        foo()
+    except ValueError:
+        pass
+
+for i in range(4):
+    _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, ())
+
+time.sleep(0.2)
+print('done')