def run_in_background(self, runnable, name=None):
# type: (Function, str) -> None
"""Run `runnable` in another thread, locking on this DB."""
if name is None:
name = runnable.func_name
else:
runnable.func_name = name
print(threading.current_thread())
@functools.wraps(runnable)
def locking_wrapper():
print('{} is waiting to run in the background'.format(name))
print(threading.current_thread())
with self:
print('{} is running in the background'.format(name))
runnable()
print('{} is done running in the background'.format(name))
thread = Thread(target=locking_wrapper)
thread.background = True
thread.start()
