Time delay loop - better way?

[Dan Bishop]

"Terry Reedy" <tjreedy at udel.edu> wrote in message news:<mailman.316.1088637472.27577.python-list at python.org>...
> "Conrad" <bogus_address at nospam.com> wrote in message
> news:pan.2004.06.30.22.48.43.405408 at nospam.com...
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Q: Is there some way to gracefully suspend a python app for a second or
> >    so then resume?
> 
> time.sleep(secs)
> 
> >I could write the classic basic dumb
> >    loop-tenzillion-times delay, but that seems inelegant, and well, just
> >    wrong.
> 
> I believe such loops either hog the CPU or take longer than intended.

Or even worse, a faster CPU comes out and the loop is *shorter* than intended.