From fd02c8052ca283c2d06b65a04b5a3fd30713947a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Hanke <marcel-hanke@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:34:21 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] adding the possibility to check if the tick thread is
 gone

---
 pysyncobj/syncobj.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/pysyncobj/syncobj.py b/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
index ce93ae0..9309551 100644
--- a/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
+++ b/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
@@ -291,6 +291,24 @@ def destroy(self):
         else:
             self._doDestroy()
 
+    def tick_thread_alive(self):
+        """
+        Check if the tick thread is alive.
+        """
+        if self.__thread and self.__thread.is_alive():
+            return True
+        return False
+
+    def destroy_synchronous(self):
+        """
+        Correctly destroy SyncObj. Stop autoTickThread, close connections, etc. and ensure the threads are gone.
+        """
+        self.destroy()
+        count = 0
+        while self.tick_thread_alive():
+            time.sleep(.1)
+            count += 1
+
     def waitReady(self):
         """
         Waits until the transport is ready for operation.

From b601f222fdf14a919374016b24d2f3fcce00033f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Marcel Hanke <marcel-hanke@gmx.net>
Date: Thu, 31 Oct 2024 13:48:18 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] use join to wait for thread

---
 pysyncobj/syncobj.py | 5 +----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pysyncobj/syncobj.py b/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
index 9309551..2a43c7a 100644
--- a/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
+++ b/pysyncobj/syncobj.py
@@ -304,10 +304,7 @@ def destroy_synchronous(self):
         Correctly destroy SyncObj. Stop autoTickThread, close connections, etc. and ensure the threads are gone.
         """
         self.destroy()
-        count = 0
-        while self.tick_thread_alive():
-            time.sleep(.1)
-            count += 1
+        self.__thread.join()
 
     def waitReady(self):
         """