Nxt-python-hints: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 13:16, 27 April 2010

Wrap your code in a try/finally block so that you can stop the motors on control-c.

try:
  [your code here]
finally:
  [stop all your motors]

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   finally:
     [stop all your motors]
-*Generalized kill-switch code
- class thread_wait( threading.Thread ):
-   def __init__( self, condition, action ):
-      threading.Thread.__init__( self )
-      self.condition = condition
-      self.action = action
-   def run( self ):
-      while not self.condition():
-          sleep(0.1)
-      self.action
-Usage:
- kill_switch_thread = thread_wait( get_kill_switch_function, suicide_function )
- kill_switch_thread.start()