fixed #130

examples/echoapp_client.py

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import websocket
 try:
     import thread
 except ImportError:  #TODO use Threading instead of _thread in python3
-    import _thread
+    import _thread as thread
 import time
 import sys
 
@@ -32,11 +32,7 @@ def on_open(ws):
         ws.close()
         print("Thread terminating...")
 
-    try:
     thread.start_new_thread(run, ())
-    except:
-        _thread.start_new_thread(run, ())
-
 
 if __name__ == "__main__":
     websocket.enableTrace(True)