On 2008-01-22, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> In fact you have *two* threads: the main thread, and the one you create >> explicitly. > >> After you start the clock thread, the main thread continues executing, >> immediately entering the finally clause. >> If you want to wait for the other thread to finish, use the join() method. >> But I'm unsure if this is the right way to mix threads and curses. > > This is what the python documentation says: > > join([timeout]) > Wait until the thread terminates. This blocks the calling thread > until the thread whose join() method is called terminates. > > So according to this since I need to block the main thread until the > clock thread ends I would need the main thread to call > "cadtime().join()", correct? I'm not sure how to do this because I > don't have a class or anything for the main thread that I know of. I > tried putting that after cadtime().start() but that doesn't work. I > guess what I'm trying to say is how can I tell the main thread what to > do when it doesn't exist in my code? > > Thanks for the help > -Brett
join() is a method on Thread objects. So you'll need a reference to the Thread you create, then call join() on that. thread = cadtime() thread.start() thread.join() Ian -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list