Bahul Jain bahuljain
gregburek
/ rateLimitDecorator.py
Created
December 7, 2011 01:51
Rate limiting function calls with Python Decorators
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| import time | |
| def RateLimited(maxPerSecond): | |
| minInterval = 1.0 / float(maxPerSecond) | |
| def decorate(func): | |
| lastTimeCalled = [0.0] | |
| def rateLimitedFunction(*args,**kargs): | |
| elapsed = time.clock() - lastTimeCalled[0] | |
| leftToWait = minInterval - elapsed | |
| if leftToWait>0: |