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Re: python response slow when running external DLL

From Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Subject Re: python response slow when running external DLL
Date 2015-11-28 11:51 +0100
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In a message of Sat, 28 Nov 2015 11:13:38 +0100, Peter Otten writes:
>jfong@ms4.hinet.net wrote:
>> Using thread is obviously more logical. I think my mistake was the "while
>> busy:  pass" loop which makes no sense because it blocks the main thread,
>> just as the time.sleep() does. That's why in your link (and Laura's too)
>> the widget.after() scheduling was used for this purpose.

I never saw the reply that Peter is replying to.
The threading module constructs a higher level interface on top of the
low level thread module.  Thus it is the preferred way to go for
standard Python code -- and even Fredrik's recipe contains the
line:
	import thread # should use the threading module instead!

Laura

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python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-26 23:51 -0800
  Re: python response slow when running external DLL Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-27 10:18 +0100
    Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-27 03:14 -0800
      Re: python response slow when running external DLL Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-27 13:20 +0100
        Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-27 23:37 -0800
          Re: python response slow when running external DLL Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-11-28 11:13 +0100
            Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-28 18:55 -0800
              Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-30 17:03 -0800
              Re: python response slow when running external DLL Peter Otten <__peter__@web.de> - 2015-12-01 12:01 +0100
                Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-12-01 19:58 -0800
          Re: python response slow when running external DLL Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-28 11:51 +0100
            Re: python response slow when running external DLL jfong@ms4.hinet.net - 2015-11-28 19:04 -0800
      Re: python response slow when running external DLL Laura Creighton <lac@openend.se> - 2015-11-27 13:49 +0100

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