Okay, I have my program and it has three different modes (there will be more than that). Each mode will have a timer attached to it. If the mode remains active and the timer runs out, a function specific to that mode is called. If that mode is switched away from, however, the timer is canceled and a new timer is created for the mode to which the user just switched. My question is: what happens with resources taken up by previous timers, whether they cancel or execute? I would hate for my program to run for a long time and slowly build up a massive list of old threads (timers), taking up resources which should have been released. Will Python perform GC and completely erase a thread once it is done, or will it keep hanging around? If the latter, is there a way to completely destroy a thread? Thanks; Google was not too helpful on this one!
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