import unittest from eventlet.api import sleep, spawn, kill DELAY = 0.1 class Test(unittest.TestCase): def test_killing_dormant(self): state = [] def test(): try: state.append('start') sleep(DELAY) except: state.append('except') # catching GreenletExit pass # when switching to hub, hub makes itself the parent of this greenlet, # thus after the function's done, the control will go to the parent # QQQ why the first sleep is not enough? sleep(0) state.append('finished') g = spawn(test) sleep(DELAY/2) assert state == ['start'], state kill(g) # will not get there, unless switching is explicitly scheduled by kill assert state == ['start', 'except'], state sleep(DELAY) assert state == ['start', 'except', 'finished'], state if __name__=='__main__': unittest.main()