class Thread(threading.Thread):
    def _async_raise(self,tid, exctype):
        """raises the exception, performs cleanup if needed"""
        if not inspect.isclass(exctype):
            raise TypeError("Only types can be raised (not instances)")
        res = ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, ctypes.py_object(exctype))
        if res == 0:
            raise ValueError("invalid thread id")
        elif res != 1:
            # """if it returns a number greater than one, you're in trouble, 
            # and you should call it again with exc=NULL to revert the effect"""
            ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, 0)
            raise SystemError("PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc failed")

    def _get_my_tid(self):
        """determines this (self's) thread id"""
        if not self.isAlive():
            raise threading.ThreadError("the thread is not active")
        
        # do we have it cached?
        if hasattr(self, "_thread_id"):
            return self._thread_id
        
        # no, look for it in the _active dict
        for tid, tobj in threading._active.items():
            if tobj is self:
                self._thread_id = tid
                return tid
        
        raise AssertionError("could not determine the thread's id")
    
    def raise_exc(self, exctype):
        """raises the given exception type in the context of this thread"""
        self._async_raise(self._get_my_tid(), exctype)
    
    def terminate(self):
        """raises SystemExit in the context of the given thread, which should 
        cause the thread to exit silently (unless caught)"""
        self.raise_exc(SystemExit)




POTOK.terminate()

 
class KThread(threading.Thread):
  """A subclass of threading.Thread, with a kill()
method."""
  def __init__(self, *args, **keywords):
    threading.Thread.__init__(self, *args, **keywords)
    self.killed = False

  def start(self):
    """Start the thread."""
    self.__run_backup = self.run
    self.run = self.__run      # Force the Thread to
install our trace.
    threading.Thread.start(self)

  def __run(self):
    """Hacked run function, which installs the
trace."""
    sys.settrace(self.globaltrace)
    self.__run_backup()
    self.run = self.__run_backup

  def globaltrace(self, frame, why, arg):
    if why == 'call':
      return self.localtrace
    else:
      return None

  def localtrace(self, frame, why, arg):
    if self.killed:
      if why == 'line':
        raise SystemExit()
    return self.localtrace

  def kill(self):
    self.killed = True

c = threading.Condition()
c.acquire()
c.wait(10)