On 10:04 pm, p...@bubblehouse.org wrote: >On Oct 7, 2009, at 3:46 PM, Matt Perry wrote: >>On 7 Oct 2009, at 20:30, Paul Thomas wrote: > >>>Is there any way to do something like "yield sleep(10)" inside an >>>@inlineCallbacks method? >>> >>>I realise I can do this: >>> >>>def sleep(seconds): >>> d = defer.Deferred() >>> reactor.callLater(seconds, d.callback, seconds) >>> return d >>> >>>but I wondered if something like that is already in the libraries? >> > >>reactor.callLater() is the best way to delay a certain function >>call. sleep() will block the entire program from running, which you >>probably don't want to do. > >Not in this case; note he's referring to his custom sleep() function, >not time.sleep() > >Paul's example will work just fine. Also, AFAIK there's no existing >twisted function to do replicate an asynchronous sleep() in this way.
Recent versions of Twisted include twisted.internet.defer.deferLater, a function rather similar to the sleep function defined above. Jean-Paul _______________________________________________ Twisted-Python mailing list Twisted-Python@twistedmatrix.com http://twistedmatrix.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/twisted-python
