Pychrono

Pychrono is a Python package designed for managing delays, scheduling tasks, timing functions, and more. It provides decorators for repeating tasks, scheduling actions, and running tasks asynchronously using threading. Pychrono simplifies time-related operations for both synchronous and asynchronous contexts. View on PyPi

Features

• Delay execution for a specific amount of time.
• Get and format the current system time.
• Run tasks on a delay asynchronously.
• Repeat functions multiple times.
• Measure function execution time.
• Recurring task scheduling.
• Countdown timers.
• Retry functions if they fail.
• Limit function execution rate.
• Impose an execution timeout.
• Validate function arguments.
• Throttling function calls to avoid frequent executions.
• Calculate time differences between two timestamps.
• Uptime tracking since program launch.
• Program start time retrieval.

Changelog

v1.1.0: Enhanced Functionality

This update focuses on enhancing existing functions and adding new ones for better usability and functionality.

Added Functions:

• sleep_until(target_time): Pause execution until a specific time.
• callback_timer(seconds, callback): Executes a callback function after a specified delay.
• elapsed(): Returns the program's elapsed time since the start.
• repeat_for(duration, task): Repeats a task for a specified duration.
• run_retry(seconds, task, retries): Attempts to run a task after a specified delay, retrying a given number of times if it fails.
• schedule_at(delay, callback): Schedules a callback function to be called after a specified delay using threading.
• time_diff(start, end): Calculate the difference in seconds between two timestamps.
• uptime(): Returns the system's uptime in seconds since the program was launched.
• start_time(): Returns the exact start time of the program in seconds since the epoch.

Documentation:

• Updated the docstrings and examples for all functions.

v1.0.0: Public Release

This update focuses on enhancing and expanding the decorators.

Added Decorators:

• @cache: A decorator that caches the results of a function.
• @throttle: A decorator that limits how often a function is executed.
• @retry: A decorator that retries a function if it fails.
• @timeout: A decorator that imposes an execution time limit on a function.
• @validate: A decorator to validate the types of a function's arguments.
• @timed_cache: A decorator that caches results with an expiration period.

Fixed Decorators:

• @schedule: Improved for consistent execution timing.

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Installation

pip install pychrono

Usage

1. Delays and Time Functions

Sleep Until

import pychrono

# Sleep until a specific time (5 seconds from now)
target_time = pychrono.current() + 5
pychrono.sleep_until(target_time)
print("Woke up after 5 seconds!")

Callback Timer

def task():
    print("Task executed after delay!")

# Schedule a task to run after 3 seconds
pychrono.callback_timer(3, task)

Elapsed Time

# Get elapsed time since the program started
print(f"Elapsed Time: {pychrono.elapsed()} seconds")

Repeat For Duration

def say_hello():
    print("Hello!")

# Repeat saying hello for 5 seconds
pychrono.repeat_for(5, say_hello)

Run Retry Function

import random

def unstable_task():
    if random.random() < 0.5:
        raise Exception("Failed!")
    print("Task succeeded!")

# Retry the task up to 3 times with a 2-second delay between attempts
pychrono.run_retry(2, unstable_task, retries=3)

Schedule At

def scheduled_task():
    print("This task was scheduled!")

# Schedule a task to run after 4 seconds
pychrono.schedule_at(4, scheduled_task)

2. Time Difference Calculation

start = time.time()
pychrono.delay(2)  # Simulating a task that takes 2 seconds
end = time.time()

# Calculate the time difference
difference = pychrono.time_diff(start, end)
print(f"Time difference: {difference} seconds")

3. Uptime and Start Time

# Get program uptime
print(f"Uptime: {pychrono.uptime()} seconds")

# Get program start time
print(f"Start Time: {pychrono.start_time()} seconds since the epoch")

4. Scheduling Functions

Schedule a Task

# Schedule a task to run after 2 seconds
pychrono.schedule_at(2, say_hello)  # Prints "Hello!" after 2 seconds

5. Decorators

Repeat Function Execution

@pychrono.repeat(3)
def greet():
    print("Hello!")

greet()  # This will print "Hello!" three times

Cache Function Results

@pychrono.cache
def heavy_computation(x):
    print(f"Computing for {x}")
    return x * x

print(heavy_computation(2))  # Outputs: 4 and caches the result
print(heavy_computation(2))  # Uses cached result

Time a Function's Execution

@pychrono.timer
def long_task():
    for _ in range(1000000):
        pass

# Print the time taken to run the function
long_task()

Limit Function Execution Rate (@throttle)

@pychrono.throttle(2)  # Allow execution only every 2 seconds
def greet_throttled():
    print("Throttled Hello!")

greet_throttled()  # Prints immediately
greet_throttled()  # Throttled, won't print if called within 2 seconds

Retry Function Execution (@retry)

@pychrono.retry(max_attempts=3, wait=2)
def unstable_task():
    import random
    if random.random() < 0.7:
        raise ValueError("Random failure!")
    print("Success!")

unstable_task()  # Retries up to 3 times with a 2-second wait between attempts

Validate Function Arguments (@validate)

@pychrono.validate(int, float)
def add(a, b):
    return a + b

print(add(3, 4.5))  # Valid input, prints: 7.5
# print(add(3, 'four'))  # Raises TypeError

Cache Results with Expiration (@timed_cache)

@pychrono.timed_cache(5)  # Cache results for 5 seconds
def expensive_function(x):
    print(f"Expensive calculation for {x}")
    return x * 2

print(expensive_function(3))  # Performs calculation
print(expensive_function(3))  # Uses cached result if called within 5 seconds

Execute a Function Repeatedly (@recurring)

@pychrono.recurring(2)  # Run every 2 seconds
def print_message():
    print("This message will print every 2 seconds.")

# Start the recurring task
print_message()

# Prevent the main thread from exiting immediately
while True:
    time.sleep(1)

Schedule a Task with Delay (@schedule)

@pychrono.schedule(2)  # Delay for 2 seconds
def say_hello():
    print("Hello after 2 seconds!")

say_hello()  # Prints "Hello" after 2 seconds without blocking

Run a Function Asynchronously (@asynchronous)

@pychrono.asynchronous
def task():
    print("Running asynchronously!")

task()  # Runs in a separate thread

More Features Coming Soon!

Stay tuned for more functionalities such as:

• Enhanced threading control and task management.
• Time zone support for easier global time handling.
• And much more!

Feel free to contribute to the project, raise issues, or suggest features by visiting our GitHub repository.

License

Pychrono is licensed under the MIT License.