Sidd wrote: > Hello, > I want to write a thread in python which can be invoked for say 5 > sec, within that the threads function would be to take input,is it > possible because i tried it and found that raw_input() is blocking > threads. > There isn't really a convenient solution to this problem, since a thread can't easily be stopped "from the outside".
Various solutions you might dream up using signals are likely to be either unreliable or non-portable or possibly both. You m ay have to poll the keyboard directly to gather input and time out if it doesn't arrive. http://www.python.org/doc/faq/windows.html#how-do-i-check-for-a-keypress-without-blocking will be some help in the windows environment, select() is your friend under *nix. regards Steve -- Steve Holden +44 150 684 7255 +1 800 494 3119 Holden Web LLC http://www.holdenweb.com/ -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
