Ah -- I'm sorry I was off-target, and I'm glad someone else had what may
be better advice for you.
Jeff
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The following script does not behave as expected. I wanted to terminate
the 'mythread' thread after 5 seconds.
What I see is the threading.Thread call blocking until the 15 second
sleep is done. Suggestions?
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foo = FooClass()
mythread = threading.Thread(foo.stall()
unday, March 13, 2005 9:03 PM
To: Jeff Sacksteder
Cc: python-list@python.org
Subject: Re: Apparently, I don't understand threading
The Python threading model doesn't allow one thread to forcibly terminate
another. This has been discussed many times before, I think that the short
answer i
The Python threading model doesn't allow one thread to forcibly terminate
another. This has been discussed many times before, I think that the short
answer is a combination of (a) it's hard to specify what happens in the
terminated thread, without the possibility of leaving the program in an unkno
