i would just like to apologize for my mistake, rest assured everything was taken in helpful way.
On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 17:40:06 GMT, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 31 Mar 2005 10:56:07 -0500, Peter Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > > > jrlen balane wrote: > > > hi! could anyone give their input on my previous post about timer and > > > threading...] > > > pleaseee... > > > <snip> > > > > 1. It's most annoying that you are not taking even a bit > > of time to "prune" the useless quoted material from your > > messages (notice how I've done it in this one). From > > a netiquette point of view, that's considered rude and reduces > > the level of respect you will be shown. > > I didn't even notice the posts myself, as I've got size filters > in place -- from when we were getting a lot of spam posting of binaries > and HTML; these posts were too large for my filters to let in. (Okay, > they /were/ also sent to my email address; I didn't reply there as the > CC: to the Python list was also visible -- I'd rather have handled the > stuff here) > > > 1.6. Always start a new thread when you have a new request. > > One reason you might not have got replies to this latest > > request yet is that you posted it as a followup to the > > Especially for a thread that is two weeks stale... <G> > > > > > > More importantly, your code can't be executed, so > > we're just shooting in the dark if we try to figure > > out how you are getting "someTimerEvent" to execute, > > if indeed it is a function. The "def" statements > > don't have colons after them, so we're not even sure > > you are asking about how to do something, or perhaps > > you have code that is just not compiling because it > > is syntactically incorrect. > > > To add to the pseudo-code (since there isn't enough there to > even code a test case, assuming one corrects the : matter), assuming it > is the "regular" timing module, the time /delay/ is NOT an argument of > the start() method, but rather of the instance creation. As I recall, > they are one-shots and not repeating timers. From a quick read, a timer > is, itself, a thread -- at the simplest level then, I would conclude > that a time is nothing more than a thread with the pseudo-code of: > > sleep(delay) > eventFunction() > > -- > > ============================================================== < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Wulfraed Dennis Lee Bieber KD6MOG < > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Bestiaria Support Staff < > > ============================================================== < > > Home Page: <http://www.dm.net/~wulfraed/> < > > Overflow Page: <http://wlfraed.home.netcom.com/> < > -- > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list > -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
