In my application, I am using gobject.timeout_add to trigger periodic
updates of the status of a number of machines.
However, I am having a bit of trouble understanding exactly how the
timeout is calculated. According to the documentation:
After each call to the timeout function, the
Mitko However, I am having a bit of trouble understanding exactly how
Mitko the timeout is calculated. According to the documentation:
Mitko After each call to the timeout function, the time of the
Mitko next timeout is recalculated based on the current time and
On Thu, 15 May 2008 18:48:22 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I believe it works like this:
set wakeup for X milliseconds from now
call your callback
if it returned true:
set wakeup for X milliseconds from now
call your callback
if it returned true:
set
If X is 2500ms and your callback takes 2ms to execute, the interval
between successive calls will actually be 2502ms.
Mitko Unfortunately, it is how it work. In fact, that how I would like
^ not?
Mitko it to work. Here is what my testing shows:
