On Tue, Jan 6, 2009 at 10:53 AM, Aaron Swartz <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Of course they are, but if that's the case a function that returns to >> you the value computed is probably of more interest: > > No, that's useless. > > The use case is you have a loop like > > for x in manyitems: > timeconsumingprocess(x) > > and then you just get a blank line at your terminal for a while. You > can change it to: > > for x in yournamehere(manyitems): > > and then you get useful status updates.
But, your original question lacked context to deduce the intended use. `progressiter' is my vote > > > -- Andrew Gwozdziewycz [email protected] http://www.apgwoz.com | http://www.photub.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "web.py" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/webpy?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
