Question

This question could be answered in a language-agnostic fashion, but I am using python (fyi).

I am running an infinite loop which needs to terminate when during the last minute <10 new objects are discovered.

Eg:

while True:
    newobjs = dig_more_objects(obj)
    if less than 10 newobjs have been discovered over the last minute
        break

EDIT: The question is this: How do I implement this line:

if less than 10 newobjs have been discovered over the last minute

Answer 1

Here’s a rough stab at it — depending on the nature of dig_more_objects you may need to adjust the condition:

import time
results = []
while True:
    mark = time.time()
    newobjs = dig_more_objects(obj)
    elapsed = time.time() - mark
    results.append((newobjs, elapsed))
    count = 0
    threshhold = 0
    for objs, elapsed in results[::-1]:
        count += len(objs)  # or +1 of dig_more_objects only returns one at a time
        threshhold += elapsed
        if threshhold > 60.0 and count < 10:
            break