Embedding Python in a multi-threaded C++ application

[Mustafa Demirhan]

The problem is that I cannot access the thread that needs to be
terminated because that thread is the problematic one - it is doing
something intensive or it is hang up in some Python code. When I call
PyErr_SetInterrupt() from the main thread, nothing happens. All the
other threads continue working.

Is there any way that I stop one thread that is running a python code
from my main thread?  I am thinking of posting messages to the running
thread, but I dont think that running thread will ever process the
message before it finishes executing its python code.

Best wishes,
Mustafa Demirhan


On Tue, 9 Nov 2004 14:21:23 -0600, Jeff Epler <jepler at unpythonic.net> wrote:
> Perhaps you can use PyErr_SetInterrupt() to create a KeyboardInterrupt
> in the Python thread.
> 
>     void PyErr_SetInterrupt(    )
>         This function simulates the effect of a SIGINT signal arriving
>         -- the next time PyErr_CheckSignals() is called,
>         KeyboardInterrupt will be raised. It may be called without
>         holding the interpreter lock.
> 
> There's no way to "clean up" after Python if you terminate its
> thread---Python's datastructures could be in an inconsistent state, so
> just releasing a lock wouldn't do you any good.
> 
> Jeff
> 
> 
> 


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Mustafa Demirhan