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- """A generally useful event scheduler class.
-
- Each instance of this class manages its own queue.
- No multi-threading is implied; you are supposed to hack that
- yourself, or use a single instance per application.
-
- Each instance is parametrized with two functions, one that is
- supposed to return the current time, one that is supposed to
- implement a delay. You can implement real-time scheduling by
- substituting time and sleep from built-in module time, or you can
- implement simulated time by writing your own functions. This can
- also be used to integrate scheduling with STDWIN events; the delay
- function is allowed to modify the queue. Time can be expressed as
- integers or floating point numbers, as long as it is consistent.
-
- Events are specified by tuples (time, priority, action, argument).
- As in UNIX, lower priority numbers mean higher priority; in this
- way the queue can be maintained fully sorted. Execution of the
- event means calling the action function, passing it the argument.
- Remember that in Python, multiple function arguments can be packed
- in a tuple. The action function may be an instance method so it
- has another way to reference private data (besides global variables).
- Parameterless functions or methods cannot be used, however.
- """
-
- # XXX The timefunc and delayfunc should have been defined as methods
- # XXX so you can define new kinds of schedulers using subclassing
- # XXX instead of having to define a module or class just to hold
- # XXX the global state of your particular time and delay functions.
-
- import bisect
-
- class scheduler:
- def __init__(self, timefunc, delayfunc):
- """Initialize a new instance, passing the time and delay
- functions"""
- self.queue = []
- self.timefunc = timefunc
- self.delayfunc = delayfunc
-
- def enterabs(self, time, priority, action, argument):
- """Enter a new event in the queue at an absolute time.
-
- Returns an ID for the event which can be used to remove it,
- if necessary.
-
- """
- event = time, priority, action, argument
- bisect.insort(self.queue, event)
- return event # The ID
-
- def enter(self, delay, priority, action, argument):
- """A variant that specifies the time as a relative time.
-
- This is actually the more commonly used interface.
-
- """
- time = self.timefunc() + delay
- return self.enterabs(time, priority, action, argument)
-
- def cancel(self, event):
- """Remove an event from the queue.
-
- This must be presented the ID as returned by enter().
- If the event is not in the queue, this raises RuntimeError.
-
- """
- self.queue.remove(event)
-
- def empty(self):
- """Check whether the queue is empty."""
- return len(self.queue) == 0
-
- def run(self):
- """Execute events until the queue is empty.
-
- When there is a positive delay until the first event, the
- delay function is called and the event is left in the queue;
- otherwise, the event is removed from the queue and executed
- (its action function is called, passing it the argument). If
- the delay function returns prematurely, it is simply
- restarted.
-
- It is legal for both the delay function and the action
- function to to modify the queue or to raise an exception;
- exceptions are not caught but the scheduler's state remains
- well-defined so run() may be called again.
-
- A questionably hack is added to allow other threads to run:
- just after an event is executed, a delay of 0 is executed, to
- avoid monopolizing the CPU when other threads are also
- runnable.
-
- """
- q = self.queue
- while q:
- time, priority, action, argument = q[0]
- now = self.timefunc()
- if now < time:
- self.delayfunc(time - now)
- else:
- del q[0]
- void = apply(action, argument)
- self.delayfunc(0) # Let other threads run
-