On May 19, 8:16 pm, "Gabriel Genellina" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > En Mon, 19 May 2008 20:07:06 -0300, Paul Rubin > <"http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid> escribió: > > > blaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> How is it that you recommend killing a pure python thread? > > Make the thread cooperate. It should periodically check some variable or > condition, and cleanly exit when requested. > > >> And also, > >> when i use the 'threading' module am I creating a process, or a (gasp) > >> thread? > > > A thread. > > >> (Is this an obvious question - and if so, how does one create > >> a 'process'?) > > > os.fork() > > A more portable answer: using the subprocess module. > > -- > Gabriel Genellina
Thanks for the info. The problem that I'm having is that I get a thread stuck blocking - waiting for a return from a FIFO (made with os.mkfifo()). Blaine -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
