[win32] Busy-loop in win32\Demos\dde\ddeserver.py

[Mark Hammond]

Peter Åstrand wrote:
> I need to use DDE as a IPC mechanism, and looked at the examples 
> ddeclient.py and ddeserver.py. I've noticed that when running 
> ddeserver.py, this process uses 99% CPU; goes into a tight loop round:
> 
> while 1:
> 	win32ui.PumpWaitingMessages(0, -1)
> 
> Is this really intended? How can I make the thread sleep until any new 
> event is recieved, can I use win32event.MsgWaitForMultipleObjects?

Sure - why not.  Let me know if it works <wink>.

> I also wonder if/how it's possible to combine a DDE server and client into 
> one single application. 

No idea :(

Mark.