Hey Ken. :-)
It hung for me.
Gary
got a CommandError at count 57474
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
File "<stdin>", line 21, in first_timeout
File "build/bdist.macosx-10.6-universal/egg/appscript/reference.py", line
504, in __call__
appscript.reference.CommandError: Command failed:
OSERROR: -1712
MESSAGE: Apple event timed out.
COMMAND: app(u'/Applications/iTunes.app').tracks[1].name.get()
On Nov 18, 2009, at 2:54 PM, ken manheimer wrote:
> def first_timeout():
> """Gratuitous itunes appscript reference cycle to elicit a timeout.
>
> It usually happens on some systems after just about 2**16 (= 2**2**2**2)
> interactions, and sometimes substantially before that."""
> import appscript
> import sys
> itunes = appscript.app('itunes')
> t = itunes.tracks[1]
> count = 0
> class PassedLimit(Exception): pass
> try:
> while True:
> count += 1
> if count % 1000 == 0:
> sys.stderr.write("%i\n" % count)
> if count > 65530:
> sys.stderr.write("%i\n" % count)
> elif count > 66000:
> raise PassedLimit
> x = t.name.get()
> except appscript.reference.CommandError:
> sys.stderr.write("got a CommandError at count %i\n" % count)
> raise
> except PassedLimit:
> sys.stderr.write("exceeded threshold without triggering the
> timeout\n")
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