+class ThreadWithReturnValue(threading.Thread):
+ """A thread whose return value is plumbed back out as the return
+ value of :meth:`join`.
+ """
+
+ def __init__(self, group=None, target=None, name=None, args=(), kwargs={}, Verbose=None):
+ threading.Thread.__init__(
+ self, group=None, target=target, name=None, args=args, kwargs=kwargs
+ )
+ self._target = target
+ self._return = None
+
+ def run(self):
+ if self._target is not None:
+ self._return = self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
+
+ def join(self, *args):
+ threading.Thread.join(self, *args)
+ return self._return
+
+