To simplify the situation I'm having: I'm trying to terminate a thread while it is still running in Python 2.7, and I'm not sure how to do it.
Take this simple code:
import time
import threading
def thread1():
print "Starting thread 1"
while True:
time.sleep(0.5)
print "Working"
thread1 = threading.Thread(target=thread1, args=())
thread1.start()
time.sleep(2)
print "Killing thread 1"
thread2.stop()
print "Checking if it worked:"
print "Thread is: " + str(thread1.isAlive())
Thread 1 keeps on 'working' and I'm trying to kill it in the main thread. Any idea on how to do it? I've tried:
threat1.terminate
threat1.stop
threat1.quit
threat1.end
This all seems to point that there is no way to really stop it with a simple line of code. What could you suggest?
解决方案
To terminate an Thread controlled, using a threadsafe threading.Event():
import threading, time
def Thread_Function(running):
while running.is_set():
print('running')
time.sleep(1)
if __name__ == '__main__':
running = threading.Event()
running.set()
thread = threading.Thread(target=Thread_Function, args=(running,))
thread.start()
time.sleep(1)
print('Event running.clear()')
running.clear()
print('Wait until Thread is terminating')
thread.join()
print("EXIT __main__")
Output:
running
running
Event running.clear()
Wait until Thread is terminating
EXIT __main__
Tested with Python:3.4.2
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