Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds, run
this bit of code" sort of thing?
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> > > Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds, run this bit of code" sort of thing?
why not just use the time.sleep() function ?
[Derek Fountain] Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds, run
this bit of code" sort of thing?
Like this?
#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
import threading
def hello():
print "hello, world"
t = threading.Timer (30.0, hello)
t.start() # after 30 seconds, "hello, world" will be printed
#-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Timers start a new thread of execution.
More info from here http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...r-objects.html
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Dave Harrison wrote: > > Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds,
> > run this bit of code" sort of thing?
why not just use the time.sleep() function ?
Because that stops the thread. I want things to continue, and then be
interrupted in order to execute a bit of code. Tcl has the 'after' command:
after 5000 { set disabled 0 }
The script carries on, and after 5 seconds whatever is being done gets
interrupted in order to run a bit of script - in this case set a variable
turning off a disablement of some sort. This makes it trivial to implement
"disable this feature for 5 seconds" kinds of logic.
I can't find anything like that in Python.
Alan Kennedy wrote: [Derek Fountain] Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds, run
this bit of code" sort of thing?
Like this?
http://www.python.org/doc/current/li...r-objects.html
That looks like what I'm after, yes. I haven't looked into threads since
they've represented trouble in every other language I've used. But I'll
have a look into their implementation in Python and see if they're any more
usable here...
Thanks.
At 9:04 PM +0800 27/10/03, Derek Fountain wrote: Dave Harrison wrote:
> > Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds,
> > run this bit of code" sort of thing?
why not just use the time.sleep() function ?
Because that stops the thread. I want things to continue, and then be
interrupted in order to execute a bit of code. Tcl has the 'after' command:
after 5000 { set disabled 0 }
The script carries on, and after 5 seconds whatever is being done gets
interrupted in order to run a bit of script - in this case set a variable
turning off a disablement of some sort.
Wow, that must make your scripts so much more interesting to debug ;)
Anthony
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At 09:21 PM 10/26/2003, Derek Fountain wrote: Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds, run
this bit of code" sort of thing?
Check out the sched and time modules.
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Derek Fountain <no****@hursley .ibm.com> wrote: Dave Harrison wrote:
> > Does Python have a timer mechanism? i.e. an "after 500 milliseconds,
> > run this bit of code" sort of thing?
why not just use the time.sleep() function ?
Because that stops the thread.
Check out the threading module. In particular, the threading.Timer class. This thread has been closed and replies have been disabled. Please start a new discussion. Similar topics | |
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