How can I call shutdown() in a SocketServer after receiving a certain message "exit"? As I know, the call to serve_forever() will block the server.

Thanks!

Use the source, Luke!

Excerpt from SocketServer.py:

   def serve_forever(self, poll_interval=0.5):"""Handle one request at a time until shutdown.Polls for shutdown every poll_interval seconds. Ignoresself.timeout. If you need to do periodic tasks, do them inanother thread."""self.__is_shut_down.clear()try:while not self.__shutdown_request:# XXX: Consider using another file descriptor or# connecting to the socket to wake this up instead of# polling. Polling reduces our responsiveness to a# shutdown request and wastes cpu at all other times.r, w, e = select.select([self], [], [], poll_interval)if self in r:self._handle_request_noblock()finally:self.__shutdown_request = Falseself.__is_shut_down.set()def shutdown(self):"""Stops the serve_forever loop.Blocks until the loop has finished. This must be called whileserve_forever() is running in another thread, or it willdeadlock."""self.__shutdown_request = Trueself.__is_shut_down.wait()