Is there an easy way in Python to wait until certain condition is true?

Question

I need to wait in a script until a certain number of conditions become true?

I know I can roll my own eventing using condition variables and friends, but I don\'t wa

Answer 1

This worked for me

direction = ''
    t = 0
    while direction == '' and t <= 1:
        sleep(0.1)
        t += 0.1

This is for waiting for a signal while making sure time limit of 1 second