[Jython-bugs] [issue2031] threading -- `thread.daemon = True` doesn't work as expected

[Paul W. <re...@bu...>]

New submission from Paul Woolcock:

Summary:

In the CPython docs for the `threading` module, it lists this interface as the "old" interface:

    >>> Thread().setDaemon()
    >>> Thread().isDaemon()
    True|False

and this is the "new" interface:

    >>> Thread().daemon = True|False
    >>> Thread().daemon
    True|False


In Jython 2.7b1, using the "new" interface does not seem to actually daemonize the thread. Programs that use the "new" interface require a Ctrl-C to exit, as the threads are still foreground threads when the program finishes. I have uploaded a simple example.

I brought this up in #jython, and <agronholm> suggested that it was probably just an oversight, and that I should file a bug for it.

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files: test.py
messages: 7968
nosy: untothebreach
severity: normal
status: open
title: threading -- `thread.daemon = True` doesn't work as expected
type: behaviour
versions: Jython 2.7
Added file: http://bugs.jython.org/file1336/test.py

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