You can execute your task in a different thread. threading.Timer will let you execute a given callback once after some time has elapsed, if you want to execute your task, for example, as long as the callback returns True (this is actually what glib.timeout_add provides, but you might not have it installed in windows) or until you cancel it, you can use this code:
import logging, threading, functools
import time
logging.basicConfig(level=logging.NOTSET,
format='%(threadName)s %(message)s')
class PeriodicTimer(object):
def __init__(self, interval, callback):
self.interval = interval
@functools.wraps(callback)
def wrapper(*args, **kwargs):
result = callback(*args, **kwargs)
if result:
self.thread = threading.Timer(self.interval,
self.callback)
self.thread.start()
self.callback = wrapper
def start(self):
self.thread = threading.Timer(self.interval, self.callback)
self.thread.start()
def cancel(self):
self.thread.cancel()
def foo():
logging.info('Doing some work...')
return True
timer = PeriodicTimer(1, foo)
timer.start()
for i in range(2):
time.sleep(2)
logging.info('Doing some other work...')
timer.cancel()
Example output:
Thread-1 Doing some work...
Thread-2 Doing some work...
MainThread Doing some other work...
Thread-3 Doing some work...
Thread-4 Doing some work...
MainThread Doing some other work...
Note: The callback isn't executed every interval execution. Interval is the time the thread waits between the callback finished the last time and the next time is called.
