#!/usr/bin/env python
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#
# Copyright (c) 2007 Agendaless Consulting and Contributors.
# All Rights Reserved.
#
# This software is subject to the provisions of the BSD-like license at
# http://www.repoze.org/LICENSE.txt.  A copy of the license should accompany
# this distribution.  THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY AND ALL
# EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES ARE DISCLAIMED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
# THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF TITLE, MERCHANTABILITY, AGAINST INFRINGEMENT, AND
# FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
#
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# An example process which emits a stdout process communication event every
# second (or every number of seconds specified as a single argument).

import sys
import time

def write_stdout(s):
    sys.stdout.write(s)
    sys.stdout.flush()

def main(sleep):
    while 1:
        write_stdout('<!--XSUPERVISOR:BEGIN-->')
        write_stdout('the data')
        write_stdout('<!--XSUPERVISOR:END-->')
        time.sleep(sleep)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        main(float(sys.argv[1]))
    else:
        main(1)