From: Tim Hunter <TimHunter@...>
Date: 2007-09-29T04:18:32+09:00
Subject: Re: sleep for lesser of two values

Earle Clubb wrote:
> I have a loop that runs for a variable amount of time, as defined by
> @duration.  I need to re-execute the command every 15 seconds for the
> length of @duration, which is a float and can have any value.  Can
> anyone think of a more elegant way to do this than the code below?
> 
> end_time = Time.now + @duration
> while (t = Time.now) < end_time
>   # execute command
>   sleep((15 < (end_time - t)) ? 15 : (end_time - t))
> end
> 
> 
> Thanks,
> Earle


sleep([15, end_time -t].min)

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