Terminate a multi-thread python program

Question

How to make a multi-thread python program response to Ctrl+C key event?

Edit: The code is like this:

import threading
current = 0

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Answer 1

I would rather go with the code proposed in this blog post:

def main(args):

    threads = []
    for i in range(10):
        t = Worker()
        threads.append(t)
        t.start()

    while len(threads) > 0:
        try:
            # Join all threads using a timeout so it doesn't block
            # Filter out threads which have been joined or are None
            threads = [t.join(1000) for t in threads if t is not None and t.isAlive()]
        except KeyboardInterrupt:
            print "Ctrl-c received! Sending kill to threads..."
            for t in threads:
                t.kill_received = True

What I have changed is the t.join from t.join(1) to t.join(1000). The actual number of seconds does not matter, unless you specify a timeout number, the main thread will stay responsive to Ctrl+C. The except on KeyboardInterrupt makes the signal handling more explicit.