[Python] Python threading.Event reset?

I have a function that I want to run repeatedly on threading.Events. However it looks like you can only use each Event instance a single time.

Is there a way to reset the thread.Event so that it can be triggered again? I imagine it could look something like this:

import threading
import time


def waiting_function(trigger):
while True:
trigger.wait()
# do stuff after trigger
trigger.reset()

trigger = threading.Event()

waiting_thread = threading.Thread(target=waiting_function, args=[trigger])
waiting_thread.start()

time.sleep(3.) # do some stuff that takes a while
trigger.set()
time.sleep(3.) # do some stuff that takes a while
if not trigger.is_set:
trigger.set()


Alternatively, do I have to create a new trigger after each set and share it between the threads?

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