From 55e23ed5c167d974fc7a6247ded232a97c32ba2c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: vhu43 <67619615+vhu43@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 19:04:50 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] Pacing loop

---
 evolver/evolver.py | 14 +++++++++-----
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/evolver/evolver.py b/evolver/evolver.py
index 7f130b0..1dc050c 100644
--- a/evolver/evolver.py
+++ b/evolver/evolver.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-#!/usr/local/bin/env python3.6
+#!/usr/bin/env python
 import yaml
 import time
 import asyncio
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ def start_background_loop(loop):
     evolver_ip = s.getsockname()[0]
     s.close()
     with open(os.path.realpath(os.path.join(os.getcwd(),os.path.dirname(__file__), CONF_FILENAME)), 'r') as ymlfile:
-        conf = yaml.load(ymlfile)
+        conf = yaml.safe_load(ymlfile)
 
     conf['evolver_ip'] = evolver_ip
 
@@ -35,14 +35,17 @@ def start_background_loop(loop):
 
     # Set up data broadcasting
     bloop = asyncio.new_event_loop()
-    last_time = None
+    last_time = 0
     running = False
     while True:
         current_time = time.time()
+        duration = current_time - last_time
+
         commands_in_queue = evolver_server.get_num_commands() > 0
+        time_reached = duration > conf['broadcast_timing']
 
-        if (last_time is None or current_time - last_time > conf['broadcast_timing'] or commands_in_queue) and not running:
-            if last_time is None or current_time - last_time > conf['broadcast_timing']:
+        if (time_reached or commands_in_queue) and not running:
+            if time_reached:
                 last_time = current_time
             try:
                 running = True
@@ -50,3 +53,4 @@ def start_background_loop(loop):
                 running = False
             except:
                 pass
+        time.sleep(0.1)