Re: [Python-Dev] Signals+Threads (PyGTK waking up 10x/sec).

2007-12-12 Thread Greg Ewing
Guido van Rossum wrote: > Hm, Apple and Microsoft don't seem to think so. They go out of their > way to implement elaborate visual effects. Well, that's a different issue -- assuming the visual effect is something wanted, then the CPU required to produce it isn't unnecessary. But there's no excu

Re: [Python-Dev] Signals+Threads (PyGTK waking up 10x/sec).

2007-12-12 Thread Guido van Rossum
On Dec 12, 2007 2:42 PM, Greg Ewing <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > But there's no excuse for using CPU when the application > truly isn't doing anything other than waiting for > something to happen. There are tons of situations where polling is quite reasonable as logn as it involves a sleep. -- -

Re: [Python-Dev] Bug Day in January?

2007-12-12 Thread Georg Brandl
A.M. Kuchling schrieb: > On Fri, Dec 07, 2007 at 10:04:38PM +0100, Georg Brandl wrote: >> there wasn't much response to the bug day proposal, but I still think it's >> a good idea. I'd propose a date in January, when Christmas etc. is over. >> It would also be nice if someone did the organizing who