get thread ID or name in python 2.6

Question

I am trying to get thread ID or name in python 2.6 I follow examples but I get errors like global name 'currentThread' is not defined global name 'current_thread' is not defined

(I tried both currentThread and current_thread)

Here is my code :

vim f3Q.py
  1 import Queue
  2 from threading import Thread
  3
  4 def do_work(item):
  5         try:
  6                 print current_thread().getName()
  7
  8
  9         except Exception as details:
 10                 print details
 11                 pass
 12         print item*2
 13
 14 def worker():
 15         while True:
 16                 item=q.get()
 17                 do_work(item)
 18                 q.task_done()
 19
 20 q=Queue.Queue()
 21 l=[13,26,77,99,101,4003]
 22 for item in l:
 23         q.put(item)
 24
 25
 26 for i in range (4):
 27         t=Thread(target=worker,name="child"+str(i))
 28         t.daemon=True
 29         t.start()
 30
 31
 32 q.join()
 33

UPDATE: I fixed the error by the hint Mata gave I should have imported current_thread() too.

from threading import Thread,current_thread

Answer 1

You haven't imported threading, only Thread.

Either import threading, or import current_thread directly:

1 import Queue
2 from threading import Thread, current_thread
3
4 def do_work(item):
5         try:
6                 print current_thread()

Answer 2

This will work

from threading import Thread, current_thread

    def do_work(item):
       print current_thread().name