micropython: add micropython component

components/language/micropython/tests/thread/thread_shared1.py

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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
+
+import _thread
+
+
+def foo(i):
+    pass
+
+
+def thread_entry(n, tup):
+    for i in tup:
+        foo(i)
+    with lock:
+        global n_finished
+        n_finished += 1
+
+
+lock = _thread.allocate_lock()
+n_thread = 2
+n_finished = 0
+
+# the shared data structure
+tup = (1, 2, 3, 4)
+
+# spawn threads
+for i in range(n_thread):
+    _thread.start_new_thread(thread_entry, (100, tup))
+
+# busy wait for threads to finish
+while n_finished < n_thread:
+    pass
+print(tup)