[pygtk] Wait until a thread is ended

[abel deuring]

Adolfo González Blázquez wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> I would like to know if someone can point me a solution to make a
> function run as a separate thread, and wait until it is ended, without
> blocking the gui.
> 
> In my application, i'm getting a long file listing using glob(), and i
> want this function to run as a thread, so the user can stop it using a
> button in the gui (right now, the gui freezes till glob is ended), and
> then run another function to fill the treeview (this now works without
> blocking the gui, using generators). .
> 
> Any idea will be really appreaciated.

import threading
import time

def threadfunction():
    # thread: do nothing for ca. 10 seconds
    stoptime = time.time() + 10.0
    while time.time() < stoptime:
        print "thread: running"
        time.sleep(1)
    print "thread: ending"


t = threading.Thread(target=threadfunction)
t.start()

while t.isAlive():
    print "waiting for thread"
    time.sleep(1.2)

HTH

Abel