Hello,
I'm writing this little program, and I've came across a function
that I need to call. Since the execution of the function takes a
real long time I want to put a timer, or an animated 'loading'
screen (it would be best if it was a progressbar). The questions is
how to make two commands to run at the same time.
I'm talking about a function which (for example) is connecting to
the database, and while it's connecting I would like to display a
nice loading animation. It could be a ascii sequence like this:
[/] [-] [\] [|] [/] [-] [\] [|]
I could write a function like this:
#v+
def function:
print "[/]"
command
print "[-]"
command
print "[\]"
command
...
#v-
But is this really the way other programs work? I don't think so.
And they don't use threads AFAIK. How can I accomplish something
like this?
It would be best if I could operate with like this:
#v+
def function:
do loader() while
connect_db()
#v-
And the loader() function would run in a loop until connect_db() is
is finished. Is that possible in python? Or are there any other,
better ways to do it?
Thanks a lot.
Regards,
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