time.sleep(1) sometimes runs for 200 seconds under windows

[Ivan Shevanski]

On 2/23/06, Claudio Grondi <claudio.grondi at freenet.de> wrote:
>
> Paul Probert wrote:
> > Hi,
> >   My app runs in a loop looking for changes in a database, and like a
> > good boy I call time.sleep(1) inside the loop. Unfortunately this
> > sometimes runs for 200 seconds or so, presumably while my OS is calling
> > Bill Gates to tell him what I've been doing. This happens under NT4,
> > W2k, and XP. What do people do to fix this? Thanks!
> >
> > Paul Probert
> > University of Wisconsin
> >
>
> In similar situation I would start to blame the hardware for the
> problem, so below a kind of checklist to go through:
>
>    1. have you changed any hardware?
>    2. have you installed new drivers?
>    3. have you connected via USB/Firewire/IDE or other interfaces/ports
> etc. some new devices?
>    4. have you installed new BIOS?
>    5. is your RAM ok?
>    6. are you sure there is no CD/DVD in your CD/DVD drive?
>    7. are you sure there is no floppy disk in your floppy drive?
>    8. are you sure your CPU/motherboard/RAM is not overheating?
>
> Claudio
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So what exactly does the loop do? Try running the loop without sleep and
then see how long that takes.

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-Ivan
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