[Tutor] python timers

[michael scott]

Hello how do you do.

Today's question has to do with the time module. I want to add a timer to my 
gui. 


 
As I was messing around with it I found a way to measure time... but I'm 
positive there is a more elegant way to deal with this than what I've thrown 
together. 


def thing():
    start = time.time()
    while 1:
        now = time.time()
        if now == start + 10.0:
            print "times up"

How are timers usually implemented?  By the way, I'm not really asking as much 
about the how (because I could throw something together that will serve my 
purpose), I'm asking more about conventions, like is there a standard way people 
implement timers, like does python come with one built in? Does every programmer 
who wants a timer write a different one?



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What is it about you... that intrigues me so?
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