import threading
import time

class BackgroundThread(threading.Thread):
	def __init__(self, sleepTime):
		threading.Thread.__init__(self)
		self.__sleepTime = sleepTime
	def run(self):
		for i in range(self.__sleepTime):
			time.sleep(1)
			print(f"iterate #{i}")
		print(f"Finished sleeping {self.__sleepTime}s")

backgroundThread = BackgroundThread(10)
backgroundThread.start() # note no args here
#backgroundThread.join()

for i in range(5):
	time.sleep(1)
	print(f"Main: iterate #{i}")
print("Finished main thread")