Thread killing - I know I know!

[Gabriel Genellina]

En Mon, 19 May 2008 20:07:06 -0300, Paul Rubin  
<"http://phr.cx"@NOSPAM.invalid> escribió:
> blaine <frikker at gmail.com> writes:

>> How is it that you recommend killing a pure python thread?

Make the thread cooperate. It should periodically check some variable or  
condition, and cleanly exit when requested.

>> And also,
>> when i use the 'threading' module am I creating a process, or a (gasp)
>> thread?
>
> A thread.
>
>> (Is this an obvious question - and if so, how does one create
>> a 'process'?)
>
> os.fork()

A more portable answer: using the subprocess module.

-- 
Gabriel Genellina