Issue with a timer callback

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pipponefrancone
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Issue with a timer callback

Post by pipponefrancone » Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:15 pm

Hello there,
I am trying to use an object's method as a timer callback:

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#creating a new object a
>>> a = test()
>>> a.mymethod
<bound_method>

>>> timer = Timer(0)
>>> timer.init(period=50, mode=1, callback=a.mymethod)
At this point, each time the timer runs it gives me this error:

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TypeError: function takes 1 positional arguments but 2 were given 
How do I solve this? :D

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Re: Issue with a timer callback

Post by jimmo » Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:21 pm

pipponefrancone wrote:
Tue Oct 20, 2020 9:15 pm
How do I solve this?
What does mymethod look like? The Timer will expect that it takes an instance of the timer that fired the IRQ.

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class test:
  ...

  def mymethod(self, timer):
      print('hello')
I'm guessing you just have "def mymethod(self):" ?

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Re: Issue with a timer callback

Post by pipponefrancone » Wed Oct 21, 2020 11:32 am

Yes the function only takes the self parameter, I totally forgot to add one for the timer instance.
jimmo wrote:
Tue Oct 20, 2020 10:21 pm

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  def mymethod(self, timer):
      print('hello')
This solves it, thank you. But what if I want to pass other parameters? :)

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Re: Issue with a timer callback

Post by jimmo » Wed Oct 21, 2020 10:37 pm

As long as to the Timer, it looks like a method that takes one argument, then you can. This is already happening with the "self" argument, but ignoring classes for a second, you can bind arguments any way you like. Lambdas are my favourite way but there are other alteratives.

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def handler(timer):
  pass

timer.irq(callback=handler)

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def handler_with_other_args(timer, x, y):
  pass

timer.irq(callback=lambda t: handler(t, 1, 2))

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Re: Issue with a timer callback

Post by pipponefrancone » Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:53 am

That's very interesting, thank for your help!
I would also like to ask another question about timers, should I add it here or crate a new thread? Sorry I'm not very familiar with forums :?

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Re: Issue with a timer callback

Post by jimmo » Fri Oct 23, 2020 11:30 am

pipponefrancone wrote:
Fri Oct 23, 2020 8:53 am
I would also like to ask another question about timers, should I add it here or crate a new thread?
Probably best make a new thread.

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