[Python-3000] threading, part 2

[tomer filiba]

[Tim]
> Me too, although it won't stay that simple, and I'm clear as mud on
> how implementations other than CPython could implement this.

[Guido]
> Another good reason to keep it accessible from the C API only. Now I'm
> -0 on adding it. I suggest that if someone really wants this
> accessible from Python, they should research how Jython, IronPython,
> PyPy and Stackless could handle this, and report their research in a
> PEP.

then how does interrupt_main work? is it implementation-agnostic?

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>>> import thread
>>> help(thread.interrupt_main)
Help on built-in function interrupt_main in module thread:

interrupt_main(...)
    interrupt_main()

    Raise a KeyboardInterrupt in the main thread.
    A subthread can use this function to interrupt the main thread.
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just let me raise arbitrary exceptions (don't limit it to KeyboardInterrupt)



-tomer