Python code not continuing execution after thread started

Question

I am writing a threaded Python script for the first time and running into some trouble. The general idea is that a Raspberry Pi receives data from a Bluetooth connection, this

Answer 1

You are using the threading module wrong. This line

threading.Thread(target=start_laps(int(data["delay"]), ast.literal_eval(data["lap_times"])))

executes the function start_laps, which obviously blocks the program. What you want is the following:

threading.Thread(target=start_laps, args=(int(data["delay"]), ast.literal_eval(data["lap_times"])))

This executes the function in the created Thread with the given args