Trying to make Join return a value

threadjoin.py

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+"""Checking if we can get the result of a thread on a join(), like other
+languages.
+"""
+
+from threading import Thread
+
+class ThreadWithReturn(Thread):
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+        self._return = None
+
+    def run(self):
+        self._return = self._target(*self._args, **self._kwargs)
+
+    def join(self):
+        super().join()
+        return self._return
+
+
+def runner(value):
+    return value + 2
+
+
+def main():
+    t = ThreadWithReturn(target=runner, args=[2])
+    t.start()
+    val = t.join()
+    print(val)
+
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()