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ID		Creation date	March 19, 2007
Platform	S60 2nd Edition, S60 3rd Edition	Tested on devices	Nokia N96
Category	Python	Subcategory	Timers

Keywords (APIs, classes, methods, functions): e32

Overview

Many old examples include unsafe use of e32.ao_sleep(). The problem is that the sleep can't be interrupted! It's better to use e32.Ao_timer as explained by following PyS60 Code.

Code Snippet

# import module
import e32
# Create a timer
timer = e32.Ao_timer()
while running:
  // do something
  timer.after(1)   # sleep a sec

With above timer can be interrupted before end with following code:

timer.cancel()

Related Links

• How to create a timer
• How to Not to use Timers