Makes perfect sense. Sometimes it takes being whacked to see it the right way.
Thanks! Ben Finney wrote: > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Is there a way to get around recursion limits? Help! > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > def incrementProgress(self, window, workorder): > > #... > > time.sleep(.1) > > self.incrementProgress(window, workorder) > > You don't show a complete working example, so it's hard to know the > context of this. > > What is the purpose of this function? Why is it performing these last > two lines at all? > > Surely this function should be called by an *external* loop of the > actual processing, with no recursion, and no enforced delay. > > import time > > class ProgressBar(object): > """ Display of progress as a horizontal bar """ > > update_frequency = 0.1 > > def __init__(self, window): > self.window = window > self._prev_increment_time = 0 > > def increment(self, workorder): > """ Increment the progress display """ > # ... code to unconditionally update the display > self._prev_update_time = time.time() > > def update(self, workorder): > """ Update the progress if necessary """ > time_since_update = time.time() - self._prev_update_time > if time_since_update >= self.update_frequency: > self.increment(workorder) > > window = however_you_make_a_window() > bar = ProgressBar(window) > > for foo in iterator_of_foos: > workorder = do_the_processing(foo) > bar.update(workorder) > > -- > \ "Buy not what you want, but what you need; what you do not need | > `\ is expensive at a penny." -- Cato, 234-149 BC, Relique | > _o__) | > Ben Finney -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
