plchat/monkeypatch.py

import os, time, platform
from ctypes import cdll, util

#try:
#    if os.name == 'posix':
#        libc = cdll.LoadLibrary("libc.so.6")
#    elif os.name == 'nt':
#        libc = cdll.kernel32
#except:
#    libc = None
try:
    if platform.system() == "Windows":
        libc_path = util.find_library("msvcrt")
    else:
        libc_path = util.find_library("c")
    libc = cdll.LoadLibrary(libc_path)
    print("Loaded libc from "+libc_path)
except:
    libc_path = None
    libc = None

def posixsleep(t):
    libc.usleep(int(t * 1000000))

def ntsleep(t):
    libc.Sleep(int(t * 1000))

if libc_path == 'libc.so.6':
    sleep = posixsleep
elif libc_path == 'kernel32':
    sleep = ntsleep
elif libc_path == "libSystem.dylib":
    sleep = posixsleep
else:
    print("Couldn't figure out how to use native sleep calls with "+str(libc_path)+", event loop performance may suffer.")
    sleep = time.sleep