[Python-ideas] Thread stopping

[Antoine Pitrou]

On Fri, 30 Mar 2012 10:31:26 -0700 (PDT)
Miki Tebeka <miki.tebeka at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > I propose to add Thread.interrupt() function.
> 
> Does the new 
> http://docs.python.org/dev/library/signal.html#signal.pthread_kill help in 
> any way?

Not in any way, no, because Python only executes its own signal
handlers in the main thread, even when the signal was received in
another thread.

Therefore, with interpreter threads, pthread_kill()'s only point is to
make a running system call return with EINTR.

Regards

Antoine.