Pausing a thread using threading class

Question

I have a long process that i\'ve scheduled to run in a thread, because otherwise it will freeze the ui in my wxpython application.

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Answer 1

You might take a look at the Windows API for thread suspension.

As far as I'm aware there is no POSIX/pthread equivalent. Furthermore, I cannot ascertain if thread handles/IDs are made available from Python. There are also potential issues with Python, as its scheduling is done using the native scheduler, it's unlikely that it is expecting threads to suspend, particularly if threads suspended while holding the GIL, amongst other possibilities.