Stuart Donaldson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > The shutdown code in ThreadedAppServer.shutDown() sends a None to all > threads to cause them to terminate, and then does a join to > each thread. > > The problem is that if you have a thread that is busy, perhaps a > server-push thread that is just sending a continuous stream > of data, or > a thread bound up for some other reason that they will not terminate. > > This causes the shutDown to lock up. > > A couple of questions: > > 1) Should there be a timeout when shutting down, after which it just > forcibly terminates the thread, or just ignores the thread > allowing the > shutDown operation to continue?
There's no way to forcibly terminate a thread in Python (that I know of). > > 2) Should functions like flush() and write() check to see if > the server > is still running, or see if the server has been trying to > shutdown for > some time and then raise an error? > > 3) Should we just go out of the way to document the behavior in the > description of how to stop an AppServer, along with shutDown, > initiateShutDown, and probably the server-push examples? I vote for this. > > 4) Something else? > > > I think if we're going to leave the behavior, we should at least do > option 3 and document it. (If it's there, I must have missed > it.) The > recommended usage be that any potential compute bound or long running > server-push operation should check server().running. > > On another point, shouldn't server().running parameter be > _running, and > use a running() function to access it? Yes, to be consistent we should be using a function, especially if we're going to document that servlets can check it during long-running operations. - Geoff ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.NET email is sponsored by: Geek Gift Procrastinating? Get the perfect geek gift now! Before the Holidays pass you by. T H I N K G E E K . C O M http://www.thinkgeek.com/sf/ _______________________________________________ Webware-devel mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/webware-devel
