gangesmaster wrote: > calling sys.exit() from a thread does nothing... the thread dies, but > the interpreter remains. i guess the interpreter just catches and > ignore the SystemExit exception... > > does anybody know of a way to overcome this limitation? >
call thread.interrupt_main() on *NIX: os.kill(os.getpid(),signal.XXXX) or best design your threading correctly with resonable/flexible communication channels, e.g. CallQueue: http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/491281 (infact that latter (example2) uses sys.exit/SystemExit the other way correctly: to terminate a thread cleanly in functional style. in the same style reverse the mainthread could be terminated cleanly.) I'd -robert -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
