I was thinking of threads but I just simply want to terminate a
(global) function after it has been running for more than 5 minutes
regardless of state.
I was assuming I needed threads because it can calculate time elapsed
(that and im rather inexperienced with threads)
Thanks again for your help!
Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
Astan Chee wrote:
Hi,
Im rather new to threads in python but Im trying to terminate a function
call (or the execution of the function) after a certain period of time
has passed.
Do i need to use threads with this? if i do, how do i go about doing it?
Yes and no. As you didn't tell us muc about your actual problem, threads
might be what you need. But you _can't_ just stop a thread - however,
depending on what you do, you can for example regularly check for a flag
inside your function and then terminate:
class Foo(threading.Thread):
def __init__(self):
super(Foo, self).__init__()
self.setDaemon(True)
self.interrupted = False
def run(self):
while not self.interrupted:
do_some_work_but_make_sure_to_come_back_regularly()
f = Foo()
f.start()
time.sleep(10)
f.interrupted = True
Diez
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