Create or kill a named task

[Nayananga]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

Currently, I cannot create or kill a named task using q.run or q.exec. So if I want to run an infinite loop task in the background, I have no control over it unless the task brake the loop by itself.

Describe the solution you'd like

Give an API to create and kill a task by name.

Describe alternatives you've considered

To create a named task

To kill a named task

Additional context

[mturoci]

q.run and q.exec are simple wrappers for blocking functions and executing them in the background. If want to use Python tasks yourself, there is nothing stopping you from doing so. The feature you are requesting is not going to be implemented on Wave level (as it's not really wave-related).

I suggest reading this blog post that shows various ways of accomplishing what you need.