I am new to python programming. I am trying to make a GUI with stoppable threads. I borrowed some code from https://stackoverflow.com/a/325528
class MyThread(threading.Thread):
"""Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
regularly for the stopped() condition."""
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(MyThread, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self._stop = threading.Event()
def stop(self):
self._stop.set()
def stopped(self):
return self._stop.isSet()
I have function which creates a thread for another function in another class that runs an infinite loop.
class MyClass :
def clicked_practice(self):
self.practicethread = MyThread(target=self.infinite_loop_method)
self.practicethread.start()
def infinite_loop_method()
while True :
// Do something
#This doesn't seem to work and I am still stuck in the loop
def infinite_stop(self)
if self.practicethread.isAlive():
self.practicethread.stop()
I want to create a method to stop this thread . What's happening here?
I think you missed the 'The thread itself has to check regularly for the stopped() condition' bit of that documentation.
Your thread needs to run like this:
while not self.stopped():
# do stuff
rather than while true
. Note that it is still only going to exit at the 'start' of a loop, when it checks the condition. If whatever is in that loop is long-running, that may cause unexpected delays.
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