def run(self):
"""Spawns a new thread.
Splits the main program into two threads, one that runs the polling loop
which updates the client list, and one which gets the data.
Raises:
NameError: Raised if the polling thread already exists.
"""
if not self._thread is None:
raise NameError("Polling thread already started")
self._doloop[0] = True
self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._poll_loop, name="poll_" + self.name)
self._thread.daemon = True
self._thread.start()
softexit.register_function(self.softexit)
softexit.register_thread(self._thread, self._doloop)
def run(self):
"""Spawns a new thread.
Splits the main program into two threads, one that runs the polling loop
which updates the client list, and one which gets the data.
Raises:
NameError: Raised if the polling thread already exists.
"""
if not self._thread is None:
raise NameError("Polling thread already started")
self._doloop[0] = True
self._thread = threading.Thread(target=self._poll_loop, name="poll_" + self.name)
self._thread.daemon = True
self._thread.start()
softexit.register_function(self.softexit)
softexit.register_thread(self._thread, self._doloop)