Mark call to lirc_client.lirc_nextcode(...) as nogil - #17

class LircThread (threading.Thread):
    def __init__(self):
        threading.Thread.__init__(self)
        self.daemon = True
        self.connect()
        
    def connect(self):
        try:
            lirc.deinit()
        except:
            pass
        self.lirc_client = lirc.init("mylirc", blocking=True)
        logger.info("New LIRC connection established")
        
        
    def run(self):
        logger.debug("LIRC thread started %s", threading.currentThread().getName())
        while 1:
            code = None
            try:
                code = lirc.nextcode()
            except:
                logger.exception('Exception thrown while waiting for next lirc code')
                time.sleep(5)
                self.connect()
                continue
            try:
                self.process_lirc_code(code)
            except:
                logger.exception('Exception thrown while processing lirc code')
                
                
    def process_lirc_code(self, code):
        if code is None:
            return
        if len(code)==0:
            return
        #print("code: "+str(code))
        if len(code)>0:
            code = code[0]

        if code == "PLAY":
            dothis
        else if code == "STOP":
            dothat
        else
            logger.warn("unknown code received: {}".format(code))