Timer module?

Lenny Self lenny at squiggie.com
Tue Jan 30 15:41:45 EST 2001


Lee, Rick wrote:

> The sleep() function in the time module blocks.
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> I wonder if there is already any timer module out there that allows me
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> to:
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> - set a timer without blocking the current thread
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> - cancel the timer
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> - maybe also, able to tell it to recur at a given interval for so many
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> times; and able to change that
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> - create thousands of timers with a performance penalty that grows
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> slower than linearly with the number of timers; preferably a performance
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> cost that is small and almost constant
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> Thanks.
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> 
> - Rick Lee

Take a look at the time module.  It should help you out.

import time

time.sleep(<number of seconds>)

	-- Lenny




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