title: Pass keyword arguments to target function in Python threading.Thread
body: <p>I want to pass named arguments to the target function, while creating a Thread object. </p>
  
  <p>Following is the code that I have written:</p>
  
  <pre><code>import threading
  
  def f(x=None, y=None):
      print x,y
  
  t = threading.Thread(target=f, args=(x=1,y=2,))
  t.start()
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>I get a syntax error for "x=1", in Line 6.
  I want to know how I can pass keyword arguments to the target function.</p>