python and threads

Hi all,

I have this issue with python on AOS4:

I try to add thread that does a loop, but the programs doesn't continues unless the thread is killed (ctrl-c).
The same code on linux does that it should (enters the loop, "appended ..." message is printed. main program sleeps 10 seconds, quit=1->thread dies...)

Any ideas?
The code(replace "!" with spaces, indentation is crucial in python):


#!/usr/bin/python
import sys
import time
import threading
import os

def mloop():
!!while not quit:
!!!!print "loop"
!!!!print time.time()
!!!!os.system("sleep 2")
!!!!print time.time()
!!print "exiting thread"

quit=0
t = threading.Thread(target=mloop)
t.start()
print "appended mloop"
os.system('sleep 10')
quit=1
os.system('sleep 2')

@Jack

Ok, appears that python was compiled without threading support. At least that seems to be the reason for the problem...
So putting this on hold for a while.
No amiga audio player has context areas like Amarok (where the lastfm client is bultin and even offline music can be scrobbled while in context area the tracks/artist are clickable and bring up the relevant lastfm pages) so I don't see the point in making a plugin.
I'll try to make the proxy work when it'll be possible and meanwhile I'll see how can I make an "external scrobbler" based on the proxy's code which can support apps like AmigaAmp and Tunenet via AREXX and submit the offline tracks to lastfm.
Once the proxy will function, viewer app can be set to AmigaAmp or Tunenet while the web interface can be used for context-sensitive browsing.

Jack

Hi @Jack

No amiga audio player has context areas ...

I was curious about this module:
import audioop
dir(audioop)...
help(audioop)...


Is this module definitions used to controlling any audio player or just particular ones? Or, is it just a mixer controller? It's kind of lean on context.

@Snuffy

Quote:

Not exactly, but thanks anyway, from http://docs.python.org/lib/module-audioop.html :

Quote:

Jack