[Tutor] How to only give the user so much time to enter response?

[bob gailer]

james carnell wrote:
> Trying to use Timer in console based game that gives the user so much 
> time to act. If they do not act then it just passes the turn back to 
> the program to do the next thing. I have Python 2.5 and Windows XP.
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> http://www.python.org/doc/2.5.2/lib/timer-objects.html
> def hello():
>     print "hello, world"
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> t = Timer(30.0, hello)
> TypeError:__init__() takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)
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Where is Timer defined?

If you used    from threading import Timer   you should not get that error.

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> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/tutor/2004-November/033333.html
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> Also tried this, but I think it might be outdated. When I type it 
> in it never triggers the function.
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> so... this kind is where I am:
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> t=Timer(10.0)
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> def waitFunction(timerObj):
>    newMove = 5 #5 = player will stay in same position on 2d array
>    newMove = int(raw_input("Move 1-9 / 0 to
>  quit:"))
>    timerObj.start()
>    while timerObj.isAlive():
>       pass
>    print newMove
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> It works, but I am guessing it isn't a very good way to do it. 
> I am curious why I can't get anything to work from the docs. 
> Any help appreciated (and hopefully yahoo won't butcher my indentation).
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