Re: [Orbit-python-list] non-blocking patch

[Duncan G. <dg...@uk...>]

On Wednesday 30 January, Adam Olsen wrote:

> Attached is a simple patch which adds an iterate() function, which is
> like run() only it returns immedietly instead of blocking. :)

The standard name for this function is perform_work(). It has a
companion function called work_pending() that returns true if there is
work to be done. Any ORBit-Python addition to support it should use
the standard names.

Cheers,

Duncan.

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