John Salerno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > for x in range(minutes,0,-1):
> > sleep(60.0)
> > print minutes, 'minutes remaining'
> >
> Nice! Cross off another line! I feel like Hemingway. :)
Besides the bug mentioned, I don't think you should really do it that
way, since sleep(60.0) might not sleep for exactly 60 sec (it could be
longer or shorter). Preferable is something like (untested):
now = time.time()
sleep_until = now + 60*minutes
while now < sleep_until:
print int((now - sleep_until)/60), 'minutes remaining'
sleep (60)
now = time.time()
You might actually want to stop sleeping a little bit early (say if
you wake up 5 seconds before sleep_until), or round the message to the
nearest number of minutes, etc.
--
http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
