On 2/16/06, Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 2/16/06, Kevin Dangoor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 2/15/06, Mike Orr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then I discovered if the server is not handling a request, pressing > > > ctrl-C quits all the threads. But if it is handling a request, the > > > threads remain. If I then press Stop in the browser, the threads > > > still remain, and I have to kill them. Whereas if I kill the threads > > > with extreme prejudice, the browser suddenly times out. > > > > > > I'd expected the threads to just halt when I press ctrl-C and the > > > browser to time out immediately. But I haven't used a multithreaded > > > framework for a while so I'm not sure this is possible. Still, the > > > main thread can tell the others to hurry up and exit, no? > > > > You can use a global variable that tells the other threads to exit > > when they get around to it. I don't know of a way for the "main > > thread" to "kill" the other threads. > > That's one thing I never understood. Java does it, but Python claims > it's impossible.
Linux have pthread_kill(), but maybe it's too dependent on platform and Python doesn't support it. Java, AFAIR, does its own thread implementation.... but I may be wrong. I'm also looking for a solution in this area :-( -- Gustavo Sverzut Barbieri -------------------------------------- Computer Engineer 2001 - UNICAMP Mobile: +55 (19) 9165 8010 Phone: +1 (347) 624 6296; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ#: 17249123 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] GPG: 0xB640E1A2 @ wwwkeys.pgp.net --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TurboGears" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/turbogears -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
