Add threading support to cron library

.gitignore

@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+
+*.pyc

cron.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import threading
 import time
 
 jobs = []
@@ -18,20 +19,25 @@ def addJob(function, timeout, args = None):
     if(verbose):
         print("Cron Job [ {0}('{1}') ] Registered [Running Every {2}s]".format(function.__name__, args, timeout))
 
-def start():
+def start(doThread = False):
     """
     Start the cron job counter
     This is a thread blocking function
+    :param bool doThread: Should the cron counter run in a thread? Default: False
     """
-    seconds = 1
-    while 1:
+    if doThread:
+        thread = threading.Thread(target = start)
+        thread.start()
+    else:
+        seconds = 1
+        while 1:
 
-        for job in jobs:
-            if seconds % job[1] == 0:
-                if job[2] == None:
-                    job[0]()
-                else:
-                    job[0](job[2])
+            for job in jobs:
+                if seconds % job[1] == 0:
+                    if job[2] == None:
+                        job[0]()
+                    else:
+                        job[0](job[2])
 
-        time.sleep(1)
-        seconds += 1
+            time.sleep(1)
+            seconds += 1

example.py

@@ -19,6 +19,14 @@ def time_alert_function(seconds):
 cron.addJob(time_alert_function, 1, 1)
 # The addJob parameters are; function, timeout/cron delay, args (only 1 supported currently)
 
-# When you're ready to run your cron jobs do this
+# When you're ready to run your cron jobs call this function
+# Optionally pass 'True' into the function call to make it non-thread blocking,
+# Like this: cron.start(True), Default is False or thread blocking.
 cron.start()
 # It will start the timer to execute your cron jobs
+
+# This will prevent the program from ending if on non-thread blocking mode,
+# it will also act as a test to prove cron.start() isn't blocking the thread
+input("\n   Hello, this is the end of the file!\n\n")
+# It contains newline characters so it doesn't get put on the same line as
+# other print messages that will come in from the threaded cron jobs.