Joel wrote: > On Sep 27, 4:36 pm, Hrvoje Niksic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Joel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> I found the solution : >>> http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/440569 >>> describes a solution based on threads. I tested it and it works >>> perfectly. >> Note that, unlike the original alarm code, it doesn't really interrupt >> the timed-out method, it just returns the control back to the caller, >> using an exception to mark that a timeout occurred. The "timed out" >> code is still merrily running in the background. I don't know if it's >> a problem in your case, but it's an important drawback. > > There should be a method to stop the thread though? I've never > programmed thread stuff in python and wasn't able to find how to do > it, would you happen to know how to "kill" the timed out thread? > There is no way to "kill" a thread, other than set a flag and have the thread read it to realise the main thread wants it to stop.
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