how to stop input() from main thread in python3

Question

What should be written in kill_input() instead of pass to stop input() and terminate the program?

#!/usr/bin/env python3

import threading, time

running = True

def kill_input():
  pass

def input_reader():
  while running:
    print(input())

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

time.sleep(2)
kill_input()
print('bye')

If you want an input prompt with a timeout you may want to check https://stackoverflow.com/a/15533404/3488231 — user12205, Aug 10 '18 at 07:36

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 10 '18 at 08:47

0

Solved with setting the thread to daemon. t.daemon = True t.start()

If there are no hanging non-daemon threads it will terminate automatically.

answered Aug 10 '18 at 08:47

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