code: def suspend(self):
          
          hThread = self.get_handle(win32.THREAD_SUSPEND_RESUME)
          if self.is_wow64():
              # FIXME this will be horribly slow on XP 64
              # since it'll try to resolve a missing API every time
              try:
                  return win32.Wow64SuspendThread(hThread)
              except AttributeError:
                  pass
          return win32.SuspendThread(hThread)
docs: Suspends the thread execution.
  
          @rtype:  int
          @return: Suspend count. If zero, the thread is running.