def __init__(self, frequency=1, match=None):
'''
:param frequency: How often to perform file modification checks
:type frequency: int
:param match: Only check modules matching this regular expression.
Matches anything if None.
:type match: re.RegExp
'''
self.config_files = set()
self.mtimes = {}
self.log = None # in runner thread -- should not be set manually
self.match = match
Monitor.__init__(self, self.run, self.setup, frequency)
def start(self):
'''Start our own perpetual timer thread for self.run.'''
if self.thread is None:
self.mtimes = {}
self._update_config_files_list()
Monitor.start(self)