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Re: How to stop a specific thread in Python 2.7?

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How to create a per-thread event in Python 2.7?

On Wed, 25 Sept 2024, 22:47 Cameron Simpson via Python-list, <
python-list@python.org> wrote:

> On 25Sep2024 19:24, marc nicole <mk1853387@gmail.com> wrote:
> >I want to know how to kill a specific running thread (say by its id)
> >
> >for now I run and kill a thread like the following:
> ># start thread
> >thread1 = threading.Thread(target= self.some_func(), args=( ...,), )
> >thread1.start()
> ># kill the thread
> >event_thread1 = threading.Event()
> >event_thread1.set()
> >
> >I know that set() will kill all running threads, but if there was thread2
> >as well and I want to kill only thread1?
>
> No, `set()` doesn't kill a thread at all. It sets the `Event`, and each
> thread must be checking that event regularly, and quitting if it becomes
> set.
>
> You just need a per-thred vent instead of a single Event for all the
> threads.
>
> Cheers,
> Cameron Simpson <cs@cskk.id.au>
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Re: How to stop a specific thread in Python 2.7? marc nicole <mk1853387@gmail.com> - 2024-09-25 22:56 +0200

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