Killable threads in Python!
The built-in threading.Thread
class offers no simple solution to terminate a running thread. kthread.KThread
inherits threading.Thread
and supplies methods named exit()
, kill()
, and terminate()
that serve the same purpose: attempt to stop a thread if it's running.
KThread leverages the CPython API to raise a SystemExit
exception on a given thread. Assuming that the thread is not blocked by an operating system call (such as sleep
, accept
, or recv
), the thread will forcefully quit.
TERMINATING THREADS MAY INTRODUCE INSTABILITY OR OTHER UNDESIRABLE EFFECTS IN YOUR PROGRAMS. THIS SOFTWARE COMES WITH ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. THE MUNSHI GROUP CANNOT BE HELD LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, LOSSES, OR EXPENSES INCURRED BY YOU OR YOUR ORGANIZATION WHILE USING THIS SOFTWARE.
To install this package, run the following command:
$ pip install kthread
>>> import time
>>> import kthread
>>> import sys
>>> def func():
>>> try:
>>> while True:
>>> time.sleep(0.2)
>>> finally:
>>> sys.stdout.write("Greetings from Vice City!\n")
>>> sys.stdout.flush()
>>>
>>> t = kthread.KThread(target = func, name = "KillableThread1")
>>> t.start()
>>> t.isAlive()
True
>>> t.terminate()
Greetings from Vice City!
>>> t.isAlive()
False
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