In article <mailman.372.1235151060.11746.python-l...@python.org>, Christian Heimes <li...@cheimes.de> wrote: >Gabriel Genellina wrote: >> >> 1) make the child window set a flag in the thread (let's say, >> t.terminate = True). And make the polling thread check the flag >> periodically (you possibly already have a loop there - just break the >> loop when you detect that self.terminate became true) > >threading.Condition() and threading.Event() are especially designed for >the job. Please use them appropriately.
Personally, I prefer to just use Queue for everything. See http://pythoncraft.com/OSCON2001/index.html for examples, including one with Tkinter. Side note: because of the Subject: line, I have to mention a website for those who haven't seen it (requires Flash enabled): http://www.subservientchicken.com/ -- Aahz (a...@pythoncraft.com) <*> http://www.pythoncraft.com/ "All problems in computer science can be solved by another level of indirection." --Butler Lampson -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
