http://code.activestate.com/recipes/tags/status-wait/2008-10-05T02:14:52-07:00ActiveState Code Recipes2008-10-05T02:14:52-07:00David Lamberthttp://code.activestate.com/recipes/users/4167420/http://code.activestate.com/recipes/576528-sensible-loop-status/

<p style="color: grey"> Python recipe 576528 by <a href="/recipes/users/4167420/">David Lambert</a> (<a href="/recipes/tags/debug/">debug</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/debugging/">debugging</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/logging/">logging</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/progress/">progress</a>, <a href="/recipes/tags/status/">status</a>). </p> <p>A LoopStatus object tests true according to geometric progression or time intervals. This enables rapid time estimates for long running codes, typically in a loop, without producing copious highly repetitive output.</p>