greg ewing lwbwyflqtcanterburyacnz adam olsen wrote killing threads arbitrary points really dangerous im talking killing arbitrary thread particular thread ive designed idea killing mind im really talking killing either way tapping shoulder getting attention whatever happens dont believe thats outrageously unreasonable thing want able precise mind 1 way causing exception raised asynchronously another thread 2 exceptions would automatically blocked finally clause 3 would way explicitly blocking around section code eg using context manager 4 makes anyone feel better could blocked default explicitly enabled thread concerned 5 thread dies either locks holding automatically released b exception raised main thread dies holding locks since indicates programming error ie thread failed clean receiving asynchronous exception anyone point reason would difficult write wellbehaved threaded code presence features greg _______________________________________________ python3000 mailing list smsbmo9552pythonorg httpmailpythonorgmailmanlistinfopython3000 unsubscribe httpmailpythonorgmailmanoptionspython3000python300040tangomucom thu 07 aug 2008 230050 1200 python3000 pythonsafethread project status