Timer events

[Grant Edwards]

In article <mailman.31.1084836986.6949.python-list at python.org>, Paul McNett wrote:

>> If I want a function to be called every second, how would I
>> do this? Would I use timer events?
> 
> The simplest but least flexible method is real easy:
> 
> import time
> 
> def myfunc():
>         print "myfunc", time.ctime()
> 
> while True:
>         myfunc()
>         time.sleep(1)

Or, if it's important that the frequency error is zero over the
long run:

next = time.time() + 1.0

while True:
      time.sleep(next-time.time())
      next += 1.0      
      myfunc()
      
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