Thanks a lot Danny.
Bernard On 1/23/06, Danny Yoo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 23 Jan 2006, Bernard Lebel wrote: > > > Yes that makes sense, but...... what is a "daemon"? Sorry if this is > > super basic question. > > According to: > > http://docs.python.org/lib/thread-objects.html > > """A thread can be flagged as a ``daemon thread''. The significance of > this flag is that the entire Python program exits when only daemon > threads are left. The initial value is inherited from the creating > thread. The flag can be set with the setDaemon() method and retrieved > with the isDaemon() method.""" > > So that's what "daemon" technically does when we apply that term it to a > thread. > > > But what it means to us humans is up to interpretation: I think of daemon > threads as being more "ephemeral" than other threads. Not sure if that > makes any sense to anyone besides myself, though. *grin* > > There's a traditional use of the word "daemon" that deals with programs > that run in the background: > > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daemon_(computer_software) > > so the word "daemon" is, like most words, a bit overloaded. *grin* > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
