how do I stop SocketServer()?

[Alexandru Mosoi]

supposing that I have a server (an instance of SocketServer()) that
waits for a connection (ie is blocked in accept()) and in another
thread i want to stop the server, how do I do that?

 

[Diez B. Roggisch]

supposing that I have a server (an instance of SocketServer()) that
waits for a connection (ie is blocked in accept()) and in another
thread i want to stop the server, how do I do that?

By setting a timeout on the socket using socket.settimeout, and then
periodically check for an abortion condition in the server thread before
re-accepting connections.

Diez