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Evan157
Evan157

Reputation: 11

Pausing the Main Thread in Python

I currently have a main function being run in Python on the main thread. This main function creates an additional thread called ArtificialPlayerControllerSynthesis to run a background process. I would like to pause the main thread for a second or two to allow the background process to finish before continuing in the main thread. However, all solutions to this issue that I can find, such as from Pausing a thread using threading class, require passing an event object as an argument to the thread I want to pause. This is not possible in my case, or would at the very least require restructuring my code and moving my main function to a new thread. Is it possible to simply pause the main thread? I am new to Python and threading, thanks in advance for yall's help.

Upvotes: 0

Views: 427

Answers (1)

Joran Beasley
Joran Beasley

Reputation: 113978

thread = threading.Thread(target=some_func)
thread.start()
do_some_stuff_now()
thread.join() # blocks until thread finishes
do_some_stuff_later()

Upvotes: 1

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