thread termination

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branch : aspn

src/stoppable_thread.py

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+# http://stackoverflow.com/questions/323972/is-there-any-way-to-kill-a-thread-in-python
+
+''' StoppableThread '''
+
+# system imports
+
+from threading import Event, Thread
+
+# definitions
+
+class StoppableThread(Thread):
+    """Thread class with a stop() method. The thread itself has to check
+    regularly for the stopped() condition."""
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        super(StoppableThread, self).__init__()
+        self._stop = Event()
+
+    def stop(self):
+        self._stop.set()
+
+    def stopped(self):
+        return self._stop.isSet()
+
+