python - thread

[The_Dark_Avenger]

i don't know much about threading, but been trying to write a script, that would time limit execution of eval() function;
i've tried writing some example code, but it's not working - it's waiting for the thread to complete...

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import thread
import time

status = ""
result = 0
def s_eval(code):
	global status
	global result
	print eval(code)
	status = "finished"

th = thread.start_new_thread(s_eval, ('9999999999**999999',))
time.sleep(5)
if status != "finished":
	th.exit()

Any ideas what's wrong?