Is there some python method which can do the polling you are talking about? Or can you send me a link to some existing example?
> It is not possible to "listen" to something that is not "emitting" change > notifications. Your variable "val" isn't "talking". > > Some languages let you listen to every variable, but that is because > behind the scenes it is emitting every variable change as an event. > > In C++, in keeping with its general philosophy, it is not going to be > possible to listen to an "int". You must either poll it, or wrap that int > in something that *will* emit change messages in some fashion that > satisfies you. Given the circumstance of updating a progress bar, I'd poll > it about every quarter to half second. > > The correct answer changes depending on what you are doing with the info > and the level of control you exert over the source C++. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
