killing threads externally

[mk8]

is it possible to kill a thread from the outside? like, say, i make it sleep for 5 seconds, but 2 seconds into its sleep i decide to kill it. since Thread:kill() was removed, what do i do?

[Andlac028]

Maybe try to use thread:release(), but I am not sure, what it will do…

Otherwise use channels to communicate and divide work into smaller pieces, so that it will check if there are some new messages between tasks.

[zorg]

You send it a message to end itself, and it will... after the 5 second sleep has passed.

[pgimeno]

I don't think all systems support killing a thread, so I'd go with zorg's suggestion.

For extra responsivity, instead of sleeping for 5 seconds, you can loop 50 times sleeping for 0.1 seconds and checking whether a termination request was issued on each iteration.

[Rigachupe]

By turning off the computer you kill any thread even this forum thread. An odd solution i know. Sorry.

[mk8]

I don't think all systems support killing a thread, so I'd go with zorg's suggestion.

For extra responsivity, instead of sleeping for 5 seconds, you can loop 50 times sleeping for 0.1 seconds and checking whether a termination request was issued on each iteration.

that was something i considered, but wanted to avoid. what i didn't realize is that it doesn't matter whether the thread terminates during or after the sleep, as it does nothing either way lol