[Tutor] time.sleep() error

[geon]

geon napsal(a):

>sunny sunny napsal(a):
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>>Hi all,
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>>I am using time.sleep to stop my program execution for some time. I
>>have imported time and am able to use it sucessfully in the main
>>program.
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>>However if I use it in any function I get the following error:
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>>the time.sleep(1) command generates this error :
>>TypeError : 'int' object is not callable 
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>Dont you actually have something like this?:
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>from time import *
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># somewhere you use sleep like this
>sleep=10
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># and then
>sleep(1)
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># you get:
>#    sleep(1)
>#TypeError: 'int' object is not callable
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>In this case you "overwrite" the original function sleep() with your/my
>variable sleep....
>Solution: rename your/my variable sleep to f.e. notAwake=10 :-)
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Solution2: do not use from time import *.  Prefer import time. Now you 
know why :-)
Its not a waste of time still to rewrite you code in this way.

-- 
geon


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