Noam Raphael wrote: >On 11/13/05, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > >>Noam Raphael wrote: >> >> >>>All that is needed to make Tkinter and Michiels' >>>code run together is a way to say "add this callback to the input >>>hook" instead of the current "replace the current input hook with this >>>callback". Then, when the interpreter is idle, it will call all the >>>registered callbacks, one at a time, and everyone would be happy. >>> >>> >>Except for those who don't like busy waiting. >> >> >I'm not sure I understand what you meant. If you meant that it will >work slowly - a lot of people (including me) are using Tkinter without >a mainloop from the interactive shell, and don't feel the difference. >It uses exactly the method I described. > > This depends on what kind of extension module you run. I agree, for Tkinter you probably won't notice the difference -- although you are still wasting processor cycles. However, if graphics performance is important, busy-waiting is not ideal.
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