Make python2 work as well as python3

func_timeout/StoppableThread.py

@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ import os
 import ctypes
 import threading
 import time
+import sys
 
 __all__ = ('StoppableThread', 'JoinThread')
 
@@ -24,6 +25,7 @@ class StoppableThread(threading.Thread):
 
         self._stderr = open(os.devnull, 'w')
         joinThread = JoinThread(self, exception)
+        joinThread._stderr = self._stderr
         joinThread.start()
         joinThread._stderr = self._stderr
 
@@ -40,8 +42,21 @@ class JoinThread(threading.Thread):
         self.daemon = True
 
     def run(self):
+
+        # Try to silence default exception printing.
+        self.otherThread._Thread__stderr = self._stderr
+        if hasattr(self.otherThread, '_Thread__stop'):
+            # If py2, call this first to start thread termination cleanly.
+            #   Python3 does not need such ( nor does it provide.. )
+            self.otherThread._Thread__stop()
         while self.otherThread.isAlive():
             # We loop raising exception incase it's caught hopefully this breaks us far out.
             ctypes.pythonapi.PyThreadState_SetAsyncExc(ctypes.c_long(self.otherThread.ident), ctypes.py_object(self.exception))
             self.otherThread.join(self.repeatEvery)
 
+        try:
+            self._stderr.close()
+        except:
+            pass
+
+

tests/FuncTimeoutTests/test_Basic.py

@@ -112,10 +112,18 @@ class TestBasic(object):
         assert gotException , 'Expected to time out after .4 seconds when providing .4'
         assert compareTimes(endTime, startTime, .4, 3, .05, None) == 0 , 'Expected providing .4 would allow timeout of up to .4 seconds'
 
-        time.sleep(.1)
-        gc.collect()
+        threadsCleanedUp = False
 
-        assert threading.active_count() == 1 , 'Expected other threads to get cleaned up after gc collection'
+        for i in range(5):
+            time.sleep(1)
+            gc.collect()
+
+            if threading.active_count() == 1:
+                threadsCleanedUp = True
+                break
+
+                
+        assert threadsCleanedUp , 'Expected other threads to get cleaned up after gc collection'
 
     def test_exception(self):
         sleepFunction = getSleepLambda(.5)

tests/FuncTimeoutTests/test_Decorator.py

@@ -382,11 +382,18 @@ class TestDecorator(object):
         assert compareTimes(endTime, startTime, SLEEP_TIME , None, .1) == 0 , 'Expected to sleep for 100% SLEEP_TIME with 80% timeout overriden on retry ( SLEEP_TIME * 1.5 ) [ 150% timeout ]'
         assert result == expected
         
-        time.sleep(.1)
-        gc.collect()
+        threadsCleanedUp = False
 
-        assert threading.active_count() == 1 , 'Expected other threads to get cleaned up after gc collection'
+        for i in range(5):
+            time.sleep(1)
+            gc.collect()
 
+            if threading.active_count() == 1:
+                threadsCleanedUp = True
+                break
+
+                
+        assert threadsCleanedUp , 'Expected other threads to get cleaned up after gc collection'
 
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':