Re: [Tutor] setting a timer

2012-09-12 Thread eryksun
On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 1:56 PM, Matthew Ngaha wrote: > i have a way to set a timer for creating new objects copied from a > book but as i have started my next exercise in a very different way, i > want to avoid that math method/formula as it will cause me to > rearrange some classes totally... >

Re: [Tutor] setting a timer

2012-09-12 Thread Matthew Ngaha
> Get a slower computer. > > I expect that if you find an old Commodore 64 from 1982, or perhaps > an 1984 Apple Macintosh, it might be slow enough for your count down > idea to work. But with modern computers, counting up to, or down from, > 5 is more or less instantaneous in human terms. > >

Re: [Tutor] setting a timer

2012-09-12 Thread Steven D'Aprano
On 13/09/12 03:56, Matthew Ngaha wrote: class Game(object): interval = 0 def play(self): Game.interval = 40 while Game.interval> 0: self.count_down() def count_down(self): Game.interval -= 1 so the play() method gives interval a

[Tutor] setting a timer

2012-09-12 Thread Matthew Ngaha
i have a way to set a timer for creating new objects copied from a book but as i have started my next exercise in a very different way, i want to avoid that math method/formula as it will cause me to rearrange some classes totally... i tried a simple method but its not working. any ideas? heres my