Rate-controlled loop execution.
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'lps'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install lps
# - Loops 10 times per second
# - Loops for 10 seconds
now = Time.now
LPS.freq(10).while { Time.now - now < 10 }.loop do
# do something
end
# - Loops 10 times per second
# - Loops indefinitely
LPS.freq(10).loop do
# do something
end
# Every 0.1 second
LPS.interval(0.1).loop do
# do something
end
LPS.freq(10).loop { break if rand(10) == 0 }
i = 0
LPS.while { i < 100 }.loop do |lps|
print '.'
lps.freq = i += 1
end
With LPS, the given loop block is run synchronously, which means that if the block execution takes longer than the interval for the given frequency, (e.g. 0.01 second for 100) it may not be possible to achieve the desired frequency.
12.times.map { |i| 1 << i }.each do |ps|
cnt = 0
now = Time.now
LPS.freq(ps).while { Time.now - now <= 1 }.loop do
cnt += 1
sleep 0.01
end
puts [ps, cnt].join ' => '
end
1 => 1
2 => 2
4 => 4
8 => 8
16 => 16
32 => 32
64 => 64
128 => 98
256 => 98
512 => 99
1024 => 97
2048 => 98