# Python program raising # exceptions in a python # thread import threading import ctypes import time class ThreadWithException(threading.Thread): def get_id(self): return self.ident def raise_exception(self): """raises the exception, performs cleanup if needed""" try: thread_id = self.get_id() tid = ctypes.c_long(thread_id) res = ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(tid, ctypes.py_object(SystemExit)) if res == 0: # pass 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, None) raise SystemError("PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc failed") except Exception as err: print(err)