Killing subservient threads

2009-02-20 Thread jimzat
I am trying to create an app which will have a main window from which the user will launch other (children) windows. When I launch the child window I start a new thread which periodically polls another device and updates the child window accordingly. When I dismiss the child window the polling

Re: Killing subservient threads

2009-02-20 Thread jimzat
On Feb 20, 11:22 am, koranthala koranth...@gmail.com wrote: thread.setDaemon(True) Makes it a daemon thread which means that interpreter will not stay alive if only that thread is alive. My main window is used to launch multiple children and therefore when one is dismissed the interpreter

Re: Killing subservient threads

2009-02-20 Thread jimzat
On Feb 20, 11:21 am, Gabriel Genellina gagsl-...@yahoo.com.ar wrote: 1) make the child window set a flag in the thread (let's say, t.terminate   = True). And make the polling thread check the flag periodically (you   possibly already have a loop there - just break the loop when you detect  

overloading for ladder logic

2008-11-07 Thread jimzat
I am trying to simulate the execution of some PLC ladder logic in python. I manually modified the rungs and executed this within python as a proof of concept, but I'd like to be able to skip the modification step. My thought was that this might be able to be completed via overloading, but I am