how do I stop SocketServer()?

[Alexandru Mosoi]

supposing that I have a server (an instance of SocketServer()) that
waits for a connection (ie is blocked in accept()) and in another
thread i want to stop the server, how do I do that?

[Diez B. Roggisch]

Re: how do I stop SocketServer()?

Alexandru Mosoi wrote:

supposing that I have a server (an instance of SocketServer()) that
waits for a connection (ie is blocked in accept()) and in another
thread i want to stop the server, how do I do that?

By setting a timeout on the socket using socket.settimeo ut, and then
periodically check for an abortion condition in the server thread before
re-accepting connections.

Diez

[Uberman]

Re: how do I stop SocketServer()?

On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 18:44:46 +0200, "Diez B. Roggisch"
<deets@nospam.w eb.dewrote:

>Alexandru Mosoi wrote:
>

>supposing that I have a server (an instance of SocketServer()) that
>waits for a connection (ie is blocked in accept()) and in another
>thread i want to stop the server, how do I do that?

>
>By setting a timeout on the socket using socket.settimeo ut, and then
>periodically check for an abortion condition in the server thread before
>re-accepting connections.

You can also poll for activity by using the select() call. For
example:

...
local_host = '' # Symbolic name meaning the local host

server_port = socket.socket(s ocket.AF_INET, socket.SOCK_STR EAM)
server_port.bin d((local_host, local_port))
server_port.lis ten(1)

readsocks = []
readsocks.appen d(sync_port)

# 'halt' would be your stop condition, set elsewhere
while halt == False:
readables, writeables, exceptions = select(readsock s, [], [], 1)

# does the socket has a connection pending?
if server_port in readables:
# process client connection
client_conn, client_addr = server_port.acc ept()
...