Re: boolean flag vs threading.Event

2007-02-27 Thread Daniel
> But what are you gaining, really [by using a boolean flag instead of an > Event]? I agree Chris, the Event is better and it certainly does not add much if any overhead. Thanks for the response. ~ Daniel -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list

Re: boolean flag vs threading.Event

2007-02-27 Thread Chris Mellon
On 27 Feb 2007 13:37:12 -0800, Daniel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a class similar to this: > > > class MyThread(threading.Thread): > > def __init__(self): > self.terminated = False > > def run(self): > while not self.terminated: > pass # do stuff here > >

boolean flag vs threading.Event

2007-02-27 Thread Daniel
I have a class similar to this: class MyThread(threading.Thread): def __init__(self): self.terminated = False def run(self): while not self.terminated: pass # do stuff here def join(self): self.terminated = True threading.Thread.join(self