[Tutor] Stop a long loop in python console or in wxpython?

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Le Mon, 8 Jun 2009 09:23:08 +0100,
"Alan Gauld" <alan.gauld at btinternet.com> s'exprima ainsi:

> There are two normal ways to do this in a GUI:
> 1) break the loop into small chunks and run them in response
> to timer events. The function then calls the timer at the end of
> each chunk until it completes its task. This frees up the GUI to
> detect user events between timers.
> 
> 2) Use threads. This has the advantage of working in a GUI
> or a commandline. But is a little bit more complex and you
> need to make sure your loop isn't messing with (or being
> messed with) the rest of the priogram via shared data/resources.

I don't really understand why it is necessary to complicate the design.
As it is a GUi app, there is no problem to catch the 'stop-loop' event. So why not simply check (a flag memo of) the event at the end of each loop?
Except of course for very fast response time requirement -- but this is not such common, I guess (in a GUI app where 'fast' is measured from the user POV).

Denis
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