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gevent nonblocking stdin
import os
import sys
import fcntl
import gevent
from gevent.socket import wait_read
def print_every(s, repeat=1):
print s
if repeat:
gevent.spawn_later(repeat, print_every, s, repeat)
def echo_stdin():
fcntl.fcntl(sys.stdin, fcntl.F_SETFL, os.O_NONBLOCK)
while True:
wait_read(sys.stdin.fileno())
l = sys.stdin.readline()
print l
if l == 'quit':
break
print_every('printing every second')
gevent.spawn(echo_stdin).join()
@gabriel-samfira
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Sweet!

@btgoodwin
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This helped me; thank you!

@val314159
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Just found this, thx!!

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