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Date: Fri, 28 Sep 2012 08:09:59 +1000
Subject: Re: Reducing cache/buffer for faster display
From: Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 7:57 AM, Rikishi42 <skunkworks@rikishi42.net> wrote:
> I have these 2 scripts that are very heavy on the file i/o, consume a very
> reasonable amount of cpu and output their counters at a - very - relaxed
> pace to the console. The output is very simply done using something like:
>
>    print "files:", nFiles, "\r",
>
>
> Yet alltough there is no real reason for it, even a pace of a print every
> 10-30 secs will be cached, only to actually show an output update every 1-2
> min or so.

Yup! Just add a call to sys.stdout.flush() after each print.

ChrisA