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python stop daemon thread

Plif Plouf answered on July 3, 2022 Popularity 10/10 Helpfulness 5/10

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# function that will be in a thread
def my_func(msg_queue, stop_event):
    while not stop_event.is_set(): # <============= will stop if stop_event is set
        msg_queue.put("hi")
        sleep(0.1)

stop_event= threading.Event()
p = Thread(target=my_func, args=(msg_queue, stop_event))
p.start()

stop_event.set() # <====== to stop the thread

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Contributed on Jul 03 2022

Plif Plouf

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# how to kill threads
# using set/reset stop flag
 
import threading
import time
 
def run():
    while True:
        print('thread running')
        global stop_threads
        if stop_threads:
            break
 
stop_threads = False
t1 = threading.Thread(target = run)
t1.start()
time.sleep(1)
stop_threads = True
t1.join()
print('thread killed')

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