if there is a infinite loop in a python code, is it harmful or use large amount of resources?

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i am trying to make an alarm clock. this uses the time function and check if current time is equal to the alarm time in a while True loop. does it use heavy amount of resources as it check the condition at the maximum frequency it can. is there a way to reduce this frequency so that less processing load is applied to the processor.

BrokenBenchmark · Accepted Answer · 2022-04-30 16:58:17Z

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Yes, use time.sleep(). The phenomenon that you're (correctly) trying to avoid is called busy-waiting.

For example, if you wanted to set a ten second delay, you wouldn't want to do:

import time

start = time.time()
while time.time() - start <= 10:
    pass

Instead, you'd want to do:

import time
time.sleep(10)

edited Apr 30, 2022 at 16:58

answered Apr 30, 2022 at 16:52

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