Python threads: communication and stopping

by alexis-d on 12/27/2011, 1:14 PM with 4 comments
  • by g3orge on 12/27/2011, 2:51 PM

    I learn new things about Python every day.

  • by oconnore on 12/27/2011, 4:53 PM

    The "politely ask it to stop" paradigm is not a solution. For it to work, your thread cannot perform any blocking calls, nor can it call out to any long running functions that are not specifically designed to check a stop flag frequently.