
kthread
Killable threads in Python!
Purpose
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.
How it works
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.
DISCLAIMER
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.
Installation
To install this package, run the following command:
$ pip install kthread
Usage
>>> 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
License
MIT