change the way the waker works: let others register to be called by it

statemachine.py

@@ -304,12 +304,13 @@ class StateMachine():
 				return StateMachine.StateAuf(self.state_machine)
 			return super().handle_pins_event()
 	
-	def __init__(self, actor, fallback = False):
+	def __init__(self, actor, waker, fallback = False):
 		self.actor = actor
 		self.callback = ThreadFunction(self._callback, name="StateMachine")
 		self.current_state = StateMachine.StateStart(self, fallback)
 		self.pins = None
 		self.old_pins = None
+		waker.register(lambda: self.callback(StateMachine.CMD_WAKEUP), 1.0) # wake up every second
 	
 	def stop (self):
 		self.callback.stop()

tuerd

@@ -30,10 +30,10 @@ GPIO.setmode(GPIO.BOARD)
 
 # bring 'em all up
 the_actor = actor.Actor()
-the_machine = statemachine.StateMachine(the_actor, args.fallback)
+the_waker = waker.Waker(the_machine)
+the_machine = statemachine.StateMachine(the_actor, the_waker, args.fallback)
 the_socket = tysock.TySocket(the_machine)
 the_pins = pins.PinsWatcher(the_machine)
-the_waker = waker.Waker(the_machine)
 
 # we do the socket accept thing in the main thread
 try:
@@ -44,8 +44,8 @@ except KeyboardInterrupt:
 	pass
 
 # bring 'em all down
-the_waker.stop()
-the_pins.stop()
+the_waker.stop() # this one first, it "randomly" calls other threads
+the_pins.stop() # as does this
 the_machine.stop()
 the_actor.stop()
 

waker.py

 from libtuer import ThreadRepeater
-from statemachine import StateMachine
+from collections import namedtuple
+
+SLEEP_TIME = 0.5
+
+ToBeWoken = namedtuple('ToBeWoken','f period time_since_call one_shot')
 
 class Waker():
 	def __init__(self, sm):
 		self._sm = sm
-		self._t = ThreadRepeater(self._wake, 0.5, name="Waker")
+		self._t = ThreadRepeater(self._wake, SLEEP_TIME, name="Waker")
+		self._tobewokens = []
+	
+	def register(f, time, one_shot = False):
+		'''Register a function which is called approximately every <time> seconds (or just once, if one_shot is True). f should return quickly, or it will delay the waker!'''
+		time = max(time//SLEEP_TIME, 1)
+		self._tobewokens.append(ToBeWoken(f, time, 0, one_shot))
 	
 	def _wake(self):
-		self._sm.callback(StateMachine.CMD_WAKEUP)
+		delete = []
+		# run the functions we ought to run
+		for tobewoken, idx in zip(self._tobewokens, range(len(self._tobewokens))):
+			tobewoken.time_since_call += 1
+			if tobewoken.time_since_call >= tobewoken.period:
+				tobewoken.f()
+				tobewoken.time_since_call = 0
+				if tobewoken.one_shot:
+					delete.append(idx)
+		# delete what we have to delete - in reverse order so the indices stay valid!
+		delete.reverse()
+		for idx in delete:
+			del self._tobewokens[idx]
 	
 	def stop(self):
 		self._t.stop()