[wxPython-users] Re: Threads in wx

[Robin Dunn]

Bryan Cole wrote:
> On Mon, 2007-11-05 at 22:12 -0800, Tony Cappellini wrote:

>> "calls to sleep() block", (don't call sleep when using python threads)
> 
> Well by definition, calls to sleep *should* block the calling thread!
> However, sleep also releases the global interpreter lock, allowing other
> threads to run while the sleeping thread err.. sleeps. I can't see any
> reason why sleep() and threads are incompatible.

And specifically in the case of the demo, a blocking sleep is exactly 
what is wanted.  Other threading situations will have different needs.


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