1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 #!/usr/bin/env python def run_async(func): """ run_async(func) function decorator, intended to make "func" run in a separate thread (asynchronously). Returns the created Thread object E.g.: @run_async def task1(): do_something @run_async