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Author	gildea
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Date	2007-07-28.15:20:08
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The workaround of calling join() with a timeout has a drawback: Python's threading wait routine polls 20 times a second when given any timeout. All this polling can mean lots of CPU interrupts/wakeups on an otherwise idle laptop and drain the battery faster.

The workaround of calling join() with a timeout has a drawback:
Python's threading wait routine polls 20 times a second when
given any timeout.  All this polling can mean lots of CPU
interrupts/wakeups on an otherwise idle laptop and drain the
battery faster.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2007-08-23 14:30:28	admin	link	issue1167930 messages
2007-08-23 14:30:28	admin	create