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+# test capability for threads to access a shared immutable data structure
+#
+# MIT license; Copyright (c) 2016 Damien P. George on behalf of Pycom Ltd
+
+try:
+    import utime as time
+except ImportError:
+    import time
+import _thread
+
+def foo(i):
+    pass
+
+def thread_entry(n, tup):
+    for i in tup:
+        foo(i)
+
+tup = (1, 2, 3, 4)
+_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (100, tup))
+_thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (100, tup))
+
+# wait for threads to finish
+time.sleep(0.2)
+print(tup)