tests/thread: Add thread_create_basic test.

Simple test for basic thread creation and execution, useful for initial
validation of threading implementations.

Signed-off-by: Andrew Leech <[email protected]>

Author: pi-anl

tests/thread/thread_create_basic.py

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+# test basic thread creation (returns valid thread ID)
+# This test only verifies k_thread_create() succeeds, not execution
+import _thread
+
+
+def worker():
+    pass
+
+
+# Create thread and check ID is non-zero
+tid = _thread.start_new_thread(worker, ())
+print(type(tid) == int)
+print(tid != 0)
+print("done")