On 2006-05-30, Dennis Lee Bieber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 30 May 2006 03:01:54 -0000, Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > declaimed the following in comp.lang.python: > >> watching = False > > You do realize that this is a LOCAL definition, and is NOT the same > "watching" your later loop is waiting on... > >> while watching: >> time.sleep(0.1)
Oops, forgot the global declaration. However, the presence/absence of the global affect whether the OSError happens or not. -- Grant Edwards grante Yow! Do I hear th' at SPINNING of various visi.com WHIRRING, ROUND, and WARM WHIRLOMATICS?! -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list