[Twisted-Python] how to implement sleep?

[Stephen Thorne]

On 2010-09-19, ruslan usifov wrote:
> Twisted is great, but how cant i emulate sleep behaviour in syested. I know
> that exists callLater, but how to use it in yield scenario, like here:
> 
> @inlineCallbacks
> def work(self):
>     l_attempts = 0;
> 
>     while l_attemps < 3:
>         try:
>             resp = yield <some twisted call>
>             break;
> 
>         except:
>             yield sleep(3);
>             l_attempts +=1
> 
>     else:
>         log.err("cant communicate");
> 
> 
> Here i make 3 attempts to connect busy service, with pause 3 seconds between
> attempts. How cant i implement this in twisted

Perhaps you want ReconnectingClientFactory ? Set maxRetries to 3. See
twisted.internet.protocols.ReconnectingClientFactory.


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Stephen Thorne
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