[Python-ideas] Interrupting threads

[Scott Dial]

On 1/27/2013 4:04 PM, Cameron Simpson wrote:
> | I'm not a native speaker, and I had never heard about the 'heed' verb
> | before, had to look it up in the dictionary :-)
> 
> It's in common use, and not obscure. I am a native speaker, and see no
> problem with it. Long standing word with a well known and defined
> meaning.

I disagree. I am a native speaker and am familiar with the word, but
that word definitely falls into the category of words that I don't use
except in idiomatic expressions (e.g., "pay heed ..." or "take heed ...").

Beyond that, why choose such an obscure word when simple words will do?

'interrupt_occurred' => 'interrupted'
'heeding_interrupt' => 'interruptible'

with interruptible(False):
   ...
   with interruptible(True):
       ...

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Scott Dial
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