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David Rose 2008-10-03 15:26:45 +00:00
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@ -226,40 +226,45 @@ class TaskManager:
to the task manager), or a callable function object. If this
is a function, a new Task object will be created and returned.
name - the name to assign to the Task.
name - the name to assign to the Task. Required, unless you
are passing in a Task object that already has a name.
extraArgs - the list of arguments to pass to the task
function. If this is omitted, the list is just the task
object itself.
appendTask - a boolean flag. If this is true, then the task
object itself will be appended to the end of the extraArgs
list before calling the function.
sort - the sort value to assign the task. The default sort is
0. Within a particular task chain, it is guaranteed that the
tasks with a lower sort value will all run before tasks with a
higher sort value run.
extraArgs - the list of arguments to pass to the task
function. If this is omitted, the list is just the task
object itself.
priority - the priority at which to run the task. The default
priority is 0. For historical purposes, if you specify a
priority is 0. Higher priority tasks are run sooner, and/or
more often. For historical purposes, if you specify a
priority without also specifying a sort, the priority value is
understood to actually be a sort value. (Previously, there
was no priority value, only a sort value, and it was called
"priority".)
uponDeath - a function to call when the task terminates,
either because it has run to completion, or because
appendTask - a boolean flag. If this is true, then the task
object itself will be appended to the extraArgs list before
calling the function.
either because it has run to completion, or because it has
been explicitly removed.
taskChain - the name of the task chain to assign the task to.
owner - an option Python object that is declared as the
owner - an optional Python object that is declared as the
"owner" of this task for maintenance purposes. The owner must
have two methods: owner._addTask(self, task), which is called
when the task begins, and owner._clearTask(self, task), which
is called when the task terminates.
is called when the task terminates. This is all the owner
means.
The return value is the new Task object that has been added.
The return value of add() is the new Task object that has been
added, or the original Task object that was passed in.
"""
@ -313,11 +318,13 @@ class TaskManager:
return task
def remove(self, taskOrName):
"""Removes a task from the task manager. The task is
immediately stopped, almost as if it had returned task.done.
You may specify either an explicit Task object, or the name of
a task. If you specify a name, all tasks with the indicated
name are removed. Returns the number of tasks removed. """
"""Removes a task from the task manager. The task is stopped,
almost as if it had returned task.done. (But if the task is
currently executing, it will finish out its current frame
before being removed.) You may specify either an explicit
Task object, or the name of a task. If you specify a name,
all tasks with the indicated name are removed. Returns the
number of tasks removed. """
if isinstance(taskOrName, types.StringTypes):
tasks = self.mgr.findTasks(taskOrName)