Astan Chee wrote: > Hi, > Im rather new to threads in python but Im trying to terminate a function > call (or the execution of the function) after a certain period of time > has passed. > Do i need to use threads with this? if i do, how do i go about doing it?
Yes and no. As you didn't tell us muc about your actual problem, threads might be what you need. But you _can't_ just stop a thread - however, depending on what you do, you can for example regularly check for a flag inside your function and then terminate: class Foo(threading.Thread): def __init__(self): super(Foo, self).__init__() self.setDaemon(True) self.interrupted = False def run(self): while not self.interrupted: do_some_work_but_make_sure_to_come_back_regularly() f = Foo() f.start() time.sleep(10) f.interrupted = True Diez -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list