Release kbhit

[snippsat]

Can use msvcrt.kbhit() with msvcrt.getch() then call should be done only when key is pressed.
Always run from command line(cmd) when doing stuff like this,or can get unwanted result.

import msvcrt
import time

def stop_me(timeout=15):
   '''None Blocking version'''
   start_time = time.time()
   while True:
       if msvcrt.kbhit():
           key = msvcrt.getch()
           if key == chr(27).encode():
               return 'Esc key pushed'
       if time.time() - start_time > timeout:
           return f'Did not manage to stop me in {timeout} sec'

if __name__ == '__main__':
    print(stop_me())