The .net Thread.Sleep(...) method suspends the caller for a specified amount of time.
A call to Thread.Sleep(n) has no side effects, and it will not return until at least n milliseconds have elapsed.
Questions tagged [thread-sleep]
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make PHP wait until a function completes?
Is there any way to make PHP wait until a function returns before continuing?
This is my code:
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Can I improve the resolution of Thread.Sleep?
Thread.Sleep() resolution varies from 1 to 15.6ms
Given this console app:
class Program
{
static void Main()
{
int outer = 100;
int inner = 100;
Stopwatch sw = new Stopwatch();
for (int j = 0; j < outer;…
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How to create a delay in Swing
I made a blackjack game, and I want the AI player to pause between taking cards. I tried simply using Thread.sleep(x), but that makes it freeze until the AI player is done taking all of his cards. I know that Swing is not thread safe, so I looked at…
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Does Thread.Sleep hinder other threads?
Here is a console program want 10 threads start in batch, wait 5 seconds, and stop in batch.
static void Main(string[] args)
{
System.Threading.Tasks.Parallel.For(0, 10, (index) =>
{
Action act = (i) =>
{
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Can std::this_thread::sleep_for() have spurious wakeups?
Note, this is not a question about std::condition_variable::wait_for(). I know that can wake spuriously.
My program’s behavior suggests the answer to this question is Yes, but the STL documentation is quite clear for the condition_variable case. At…
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abortable sleep() in Python
I need a sleep() method which can be aborted (as described here or here).
My approach is to let a threading.Event.wait() timeout at the specified duration:
def abortable_sleep(secs, abort_event):
abort_event.wait(timeout=secs)
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Thread.Sleep(0) doesn't work as described?
I am currently reading this excellent article on threading and read the following text:
Thread.Sleep(0) relinquishes the thread’s current time slice immediately, voluntarily handing over the CPU to other threads.
I wanted to test this and below is…
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How can we make a thread to sleep for a infinite time in java?
Pls help me to understand how can we make a thread to sleep for a infinite time period .
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Sleep in loop when application is running, but sleeps too few
private static void Main(string[] args)
{
for (;;)
{
TemporaryCityTool.TemporaryCityTool.AddCity();
Console.WriteLine("waiting...");
Thread.Sleep(3600);
}
}
why Thread.sleep not working. I am getting message…
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Java Wake Sleeping Thread
I did some reading of other post but didn't find an exact answer to what I'm looking for, so I hope someone can give some some clarification.
I have a program that will run for some time. I have some threads that run in the back ground that perform…
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How to "wait" without blocking (busy wait) in JavaScript?
Hi I'm a Javascript Newbie. I've programmed a script which auto types a phrase on a page, pauses for a while, clears the div, auto types the next phrase and so on. It should continuously loop.
I've found an issue when using a JavaScript wait()…
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How can I pause a Thread for some seconds in Godot?
How can I pause execution for a certain amount of time in Godot?
I can't really find a clear answer.
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why c++11 sleep_for microseconds actually sleep for millisecond?
I call this function in my centos 7 server.
I find std::this_thread::sleep_for(chrono::nanoseconds(1)) actually sleep for one ms, Is there any explanation? I think it may be caused by os setting?
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Jenkins hangs between build and post-build
After updating Jenkins to version 2.156 (from version 1.6), some of our build jobs get stuck after completing and before moving to post-build action. Job itself is finished within 5 minutes (same as before), then it hangs for 5-10 minutes before…
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Sleep() vs sleep_for()
Can someone explain the difference in behavior between these two ways of stopping a thread and then continue it again?.
Sleep(); //from Win32
std::this_thread::sleep_for();
I remark in terms of multithreading behavior not in systems…
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