[Python-bugs-list] thread-killing (PR#215)

[zacoya@varium.com]

Full_Name: Joshua Marshall
Version: 1.5.2
OS: RedHat 6.1
Submission from: r96aag009673.sbo.ma.cable.rcn.com (209.6.179.107)


I didn't see a form for feature requests, so I'm using the bug-report form.

I'd like to see a mechanism for forcibly killing a thread.  I realize this is
unsafe, but it has its uses.  For example, in a project I'm working on, we run
untrusted code in a separate thread.  We'd like to be able to kill this thread
if it takes too long to execute.