On Sun, Sep 18, 2011 at 8:27 AM, Chris Rebert <c...@rebertia.com> wrote: > It's possible that the reason is analogous to why Java has deprecated > its equivalent, Thread.stop(): > http://download.oracle.com/javase/1.4.2/docs/guide/misc/threadPrimitiveDeprecation.html
Interesting. The main argument against having a way to raise an arbitrary exception in a different thread is that it gets around Java's requirement to declare all exceptions that a routine might throw - a requirement that Python doesn't have. So does that mean it'd be reasonable to have a way to trigger a "TerminateThread" exception (like SystemExit but for one thread) remotely? The above article recommends polling a variable, but that's the exact sort of thing that exceptions are meant to save you from doing. ChrisA -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
