title: error with python thread
body: <p>I try to use <code>thread</code> in my script but i get this error:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>Unhandled exception in thread started by sys.excepthook is missing
    lost sys.stderr</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>My script:</p>
  
  <pre><code># -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
  
  import tweepy
  import thread
  
  consumer_key = ""
  consumer_secret = ""
  access_key = ""
  access_secret = ""
  
  
  def deleteThread(api, objectId):
      try:
          api.destroy_status(objectId)
          print "Deleted:", objectId
      except:
          print "Failed to delete:", objectId
  
  def oauth_login(consumer_key, consumer_secret):
      """Authenticate with twitter using OAuth"""
  
      auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
      auth_url = auth.get_authorization_url()
  
      verify_code = raw_input("Authenticate at %s and then enter you verification code here &gt; " % auth_url) 
      auth.get_access_token(verify_code)
  
      return tweepy.API(auth)
  
  def batch_delete(api):
      print "You are about to Delete all tweets from the account @%s." % api.verify_credentials().screen_name
      print "Does this sound ok? There is no undo! Type yes to carry out this action."
      do_delete = raw_input("&gt; ")
      if do_delete.lower() == 'yes':
          for status in tweepy.Cursor(api.user_timeline).items():
              try:
                  thread.start_new_thread( deleteThread, (api, status.id, ) )
              except:
                  print "Failed to delete:", status.id
  
  if __name__ == "__main__":
      auth = tweepy.OAuthHandler(consumer_key, consumer_secret)
      auth.set_access_token(access_key, access_secret)
      api = tweepy.API(auth)
      print "Authenticated as: %s" % api.me().screen_name
  
      batch_delete(api)
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>How to solve this problem?</p>