Python Programming Language :: Killing Threads


	Killing Threads Robert Rawlins - Think Blue wrote: > I've got an application which I've fearfully placed a couple of threads into > however when these threads are running it seems as if I try and quite the > application from the bash prompt it just seems to freeze the SSH client. > I've also seen that if I have my app running in the background on the system > then my 'reboot' no longer works, it just hangs after saying it's going to > shut down. You really need to post code fragments: it makes it much easier to see what you've actually done, rather than the guess which I'm making :) You probably need to setDaemon (True) on your threads after you've created them and before they run. That tells the OS: don't bother waiting for these ones to finish if the program exits. (At least I think that's what it does; I don't use threads all that much) TJG > You probably need to setDaemon (True) on your threads > after you've created them and before they run. That > tells the OS: don't bother waiting for these ones to > finish if the program exits. (At least I think that's > what it does; I don't use threads all that much) Actually all it does is to tell the at_exit-handler that it's ok to terminate even though there are still some threads. The OS isn't concerned with this. Diez Thanks for this Diez and Tim, I'll take a look into this today, sorry for not posting any code fragments, its not so much a fragment as it is a bloody great big monster :-D Rob - Hide quoted text - -----Original Message----- From: python-list-bounces+robert.rawlins=thinkbluemedia.co@python.org [mailto:python-list-bounces+robert.rawlins=thinkbluemedia.co@python.org] On Behalf Of Diez B. Roggisch Sent: 02 May 2007 09:05 To: python-l@python.org Subject: Re: Killing Threads > You probably need to setDaemon (True) on your threads > after you've created them and before they run. That > tells the OS: don't bother waiting for these ones to > finish if the program exits. (At least I think that's > what it does; I don't use threads all that much) Actually all it does is to tell the at_exit-handler that it's ok to terminate even though there are still some threads. The OS isn't concerned with this. Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list