RunPrinter is a minimal printer library which continuously prints console progress messages while an action is occurring. This is useful for complex data science operations using libraries such as scipy or sklearn, or any other complex operation where libraries are utilized. It is designed to overwrite the existing print() function call, acting as an interface with complete compatibility, allowing for an implementation with little to no changes.
My computer vision homework was frustrating me. I found it hard to tell whether or not my functions were actually running in a notebook, since they took a while to complete. I was also very bored.
How does it work? Here's an example.
from runprinter import Printer
printer = Printer(3)
printer.print("Reading image")
...
printer.print("Classifying image")
...
printer.print("Printing image")
...
printer.stop()Would output
Reading image...
Categorizing image..........
Printing image...With one dot printing every 3 seconds.
This function can also be used as a wrapper for the default library print() function call.
printer = Printer(3)
print = printer.print
print("Reading image")
Keep in mind, this library is in prerelease and some functions may change before release.