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Threading Set Daemon not working

发布于 2020-03-29 20:59:12

A very simple script.

test.py

import temp
temp.start()

temp.py

import threading, time
f=open("output.txt","w")
def temp():
    for i in range(5):
        f.write(str(i))
        time.sleep(5)
    f.close()
def start():
    t=threading.Thread(target=temp)
    t.setDaemon(True)
    t.start()

I expected Daemon thread to complete as main process test.py exits immediately.But the daemon thread exits with the main and does not act like a daemon.Am i missing something basic here?

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pvg 2017-09-09 03:35

This is described in some detail in the python documentation at

https://docs.python.org/3/library/threading.html

The most relevant bits are:

A thread can be flagged as a “daemon thread”. The significance of this flag is that the entire Python program exits when only daemon threads are left.

and

Daemon threads are abruptly stopped at shutdown. Their resources (such as open files, database transactions, etc.) may not be released properly.

The overloading of the term 'daemon' and the negation contortions can make this a bit confusing but it what it boils down to is: A python program exits only after all of its threads complete, except for daemon threads which are simply terminated if no other non-daemon threads are left. In your case, that means the program exits killing your daemon thread before it has a chance to do anything (or, conversely, does not exit until your thread completes, if you setDaemon(false)).

martineau 2017-09-10 00:40:21

Since the docs say "...the daemonic property is inherited from the current thread" there's no need for the main thread to call setDaemon(false) in the OP's case. Besides setDaemon() is part of the Old getter/setter API, so just setting the property directly would the "modern" way to do it.

pvg 2017-09-10 01:31:51

@martineau generally, there is not but that's what the poster did so that's what the answer contains (I just noticed the poster deleted the comments with that bit but that's why we're going on about setDaemon)

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