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From: Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid>
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Subject: Re: How to stop a specific thread (Posting On Python-List Prohibited)
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 21:42:10 -0000 (UTC)
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On 25 Sep 2024 17:39:37 GMT, Stefan Ram wrote:

> Killing or stopping a thread can cause data corruption and
> unpredictable behavior.

Interesting that even the underlying POSIX thread-terminating call
<https://manpages.debian.org/3/pthread_cancel.3.en.html> allows for the 
concept of “cancellation points”, so that threads can elect to only be 
terminated at well-defined points in their execution.