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diff --git a/pym/portage/util/_eventloop/EventLoop.py b/pym/portage/util/_eventloop/EventLoop.py index cd154005f..89ac2a3b3 100644 --- a/pym/portage/util/_eventloop/EventLoop.py +++ b/pym/portage/util/_eventloop/EventLoop.py @@ -684,6 +684,34 @@ class EventLoop(object): # The call_soon method inherits thread safety from the idle_add method. call_soon_threadsafe = call_soon + def call_later(self, delay, callback, *args): + """ + Arrange for the callback to be called after the given delay seconds + (either an int or float). + + An instance of asyncio.Handle is returned, which can be used to cancel + the callback. + + callback will be called exactly once per call to call_later(). If two + callbacks are scheduled for exactly the same time, it is undefined + which will be called first. + + The optional positional args will be passed to the callback when + it is called. If you want the callback to be called with some named + arguments, use a closure or functools.partial(). + + Use functools.partial to pass keywords to the callback. + + @type delay: int or float + @param delay: delay seconds + @type callback: callable + @param callback: a function to call + @return: a handle which can be used to cancel the callback + @rtype: asyncio.Handle (or compatible) + """ + return self._handle(self.timeout_add( + delay * 1000, self._call_soon_callback(callback, args)), self) + _can_poll_device = None |