Is there any way to kill a Thread?
Yes, there are a few ways to kill a thread in Python. One way is to use the .join()
method with a timeout parameter. The timeout parameter tells the thread to stop running after a certain amount of time. If the thread is still running after the timeout has expired, it will be killed.
import threading
import time
def my_function():
print("Thread is running")
time.sleep(10)
print("Thread is done")
my_thread = threading.Thread(target=my_function)
my_thread.start()
my_thread.join(5)
print("Thread is killed")
In this example, the thread will run for 5 seconds and then be killed.
Another way is to use the .setDaemon(True)
method, which sets the thread as a daemon thread, which means that it will automatically be terminated when the main program exits.
my_thread = threading.Thread(target=my_function)
my_thread.setDaemon(True)
my_thread.start()
Note that it is not recommended to use .stop()
or ._stop()
to stop a thread because it can cause issues with the interpreter's internal data structures.