worked through a couple todos, removed usage of eval within parsing xml files

daemon/examples/eventloop.py

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+import time
+
+from core import logger
+from core.misc.event import EventLoop
+
+
+def main():
+    loop = EventLoop()
+
+    def msg(arg):
+        delta = time.time() - loop.start
+        logger.debug("%s arg: %s", delta, arg)
+
+    def repeat(interval, count):
+        count -= 1
+        msg("repeat: interval: %s; remaining: %s" % (interval, count))
+        if count > 0:
+            loop.add_event(interval, repeat, interval, count)
+
+    def sleep(delay):
+        msg("sleep %s" % delay)
+        time.sleep(delay)
+        msg("sleep done")
+
+    def stop(arg):
+        msg(arg)
+        loop.stop()
+
+    loop.add_event(0, msg, "start")
+    loop.add_event(0, msg, "time zero")
+
+    for delay in 5, 4, 10, -1, 0, 9, 3, 7, 3.14:
+        loop.add_event(delay, msg, "time %s" % delay)
+
+    loop.run()
+
+    loop.add_event(0, repeat, 1, 5)
+    loop.add_event(12, sleep, 10)
+
+    loop.add_event(15.75, stop, "stop time: 15.75")
+
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()