How to create a per-thread event in Python 2.7? On Wed, 25 Sept 2024, 22:47 Cameron Simpson via Python-list, < python-list@python.org> wrote:
> On 25Sep2024 19:24, marc nicole <mk1853...@gmail.com> wrote: > >I want to know how to kill a specific running thread (say by its id) > > > >for now I run and kill a thread like the following: > ># start thread > >thread1 = threading.Thread(target= self.some_func(), args=( ...,), ) > >thread1.start() > ># kill the thread > >event_thread1 = threading.Event() > >event_thread1.set() > > > >I know that set() will kill all running threads, but if there was thread2 > >as well and I want to kill only thread1? > > No, `set()` doesn't kill a thread at all. It sets the `Event`, and each > thread must be checking that event regularly, and quitting if it becomes > set. > > You just need a per-thred vent instead of a single Event for all the > threads. > > Cheers, > Cameron Simpson <c...@cskk.id.au> > -- > https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
