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| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/sched.rst | 3 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/sched.py | 6 |
2 files changed, 5 insertions, 4 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/sched.rst b/Doc/library/sched.rst index d6c86c7..f6bd43f 100644 --- a/Doc/library/sched.rst +++ b/Doc/library/sched.rst @@ -27,6 +27,7 @@ scheduler: .. versionchanged:: 3.3 *timefunc* and *delayfunc* parameters are optional. + .. versionchanged:: 3.3 :class:`scheduler` class can be safely used in multi-threaded environments. @@ -129,4 +130,4 @@ Scheduler Objects Read-only attribute returning a list of upcoming events in the order they will be run. Each event is shown as a :term:`named tuple` with the - following fields: time, priority, action, argument. + following fields: time, priority, action, argument, kwargs. diff --git a/Lib/sched.py b/Lib/sched.py index 5551f71..e523bc1 100644 --- a/Lib/sched.py +++ b/Lib/sched.py @@ -13,12 +13,12 @@ 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). +Events are specified by tuples (time, priority, action, argument, kwargs). As in UNIX, lower priority numbers mean higher priority; in this way the queue can be maintained as a priority queue. Execution of the event means calling the action function, passing it the argument sequence in "argument" (remember that in Python, multiple function -arguments are be packed in a sequence). +arguments are be packed in a sequence) and keyword parameters in "kwargs". The action function may be an instance method so it has another way to reference private data (besides global variables). """ @@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ class scheduler: """An ordered list of upcoming events. Events are named tuples with fields for: - time, priority, action, arguments + time, priority, action, arguments, kwargs """ # Use heapq to sort the queue rather than using 'sorted(self._queue)'. |